Hostage

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏsʹtÄ­j

Origin

From Old French hostage (French: otage, from hoste or Late Latin obsidanus.)

Full definition of hostage

Noun

1. 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.

Anagrams

• he-goats
• she-goat