hostage
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French hostage (French: otage, from hoste or Late Latin obsidanus.)
Noun [edit]
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.
Translations [edit]
person given as a pledge or security
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Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin hospitalis. Etymologically related to hôpital.
Noun [edit]
hostage m (oblique plural hostages, nominative singular hostages, nominative plural hostage)