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CONFINER
Etymology
Noun
confiner (plural confiners)
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
(obsolete) A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
(obsolete) A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
(obsolete) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fin"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
Con"fi`ner ( or , n.
Definition: One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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