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, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court. Bouvier. Prisoner of Hope thou art, -- look up and sing. Keble. Prisoner's base. See Base, n., 24.

One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice. While yet a young probationer, And candidate of heaven. Dryden.

The state of being a probationer; novitiate. Locke.

One who takes part in a procession.

One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language. Hooker.

To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [R.] Landor.

The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]

A defender; a vindicator. "Zealous propugners." Gov. of Tongue.

væ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.

A punster. Beau. & Fl.

One who purloins. Swift.

One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.

One who, or that which, quickens.

Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

The same as Quinquenerved.

One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.

One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.

kons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.

One who, or that which, reclines.

Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.