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Meaning

1. 1.

   hostage — A person or thing that one puts in another party's custody as a sign of one's intention to keep a promise.

2. 2.

   hostage; pawn — (archaic) A prince or other influential figure forced to stay in another country as a gesture of his/her own country's intention to observe a treaty signed between the two countries.

3. 3.

   hostage — (figurative) A person behind another person's strength to make his/her claim in a conflicting relationship.