hostage
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From Old French hostage (French: otage, from hoste or Late Latin obsidanus.)
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Wikipedia hostage (plural hostages)
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
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person given as a pledge or security
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[edit] Old French
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Latin hospitalis. Etymologically related to hôpital.
[edit] Noun
hostage m. (oblique plural hostages, nominative singular hostages, nominative plural hostage)