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Prisoner vs Kibitka - What's the difference?

prisoner | kibitka |

As nouns the difference between prisoner and kibitka

is that prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence while kibitka is a circular tent used by various nomadic peoples such as the kalmyks and kyrgyz.

prisoner

English

(wikipedia prisoner)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
  • Any person held against their will.
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  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

    • Related terms

    * imprison * prison

    kibitka

    English

    (wikipedia kibitka)

    Alternative forms

    * kabitka

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular tent used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 328:
  • *:On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka , or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.
  • A type of covered horse-drawn carriage from Russia, often used to transport prisoners.