confiner Meaning, Definition & Usage

Con*fin"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
Con"fi`ner noun
Definitions
  1. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. Obs. Bacon.
    Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.

Webster 1913