English Dictionary

confiner

noun

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.

The confiner was responsible for keeping the prisoners locked up.

意味（1）

One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

[…] as he attended him through the streets, the common people, and even women, uttered loud exclamations of abuse against him, calling him the murderer of syeds, and confiner of Chaund Sultana.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.

So did the worldes proud Mistres Rome at first

Striue with a hard beginning, warr’d with need;

Forcing her strong Confiners to the worst,

So did the worldes proud Mistres Rome at first Striue with a hard beginning, warr’d with need; Forcing her strong Confiners to the worst, And in her bloud her greatnes first did breed:

意味（3）

(obsolete) A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.

The senate hath stirr’d up the confiners

And gentlemen of Italy, most willing spirits,

The senate hath stirr’d up the confiners And gentlemen of Italy, most willing spirits, That promise noble service […]

意味（4）

(obsolete) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.

Lancaster Castle […] contains two classes of prisoners; first, the untried, and those sentenced to death or transportation; and secondly, confiners,—persons sent hither for terms of imprisonment and labour.