HOS'TAGE, noun A person delivered to an enemy or hostile power, as a pledge to secure the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, and on the performance of which the person is to be released.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.