confiner noun4 •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. — 1794 •(no longer used) A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.The senate hath stirr’d up the confiners And gentlemen of Italy, most willing spirits, That promise noble service […] — 1611 •(no longer used) 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, And in her bloud her greatnes first did breed: — 1599 •(no longer used) A prisoner incarcerated for a set term. formsconfiners
