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prisoner of war

UK/ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/US/ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nɚ əv ˈwoɹ/
nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A prisoner of war is a soldier captured and held by the enemy. Held as a prisoner of war.

The status carries protections under the Geneva Conventions that a civilian detainee does not have. A prisoner of war must give name, rank and number and nothing more.

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Definitions of prisoner of war

  1. 1nounprisoner of warA soldier captured and held by the enemy.B2

    “He was a prisoner of war for three years and never spoke of it.”

prisoner of war is a person.

Where it comes from

A translation of French prisonnier de guerre.

  1. French

    prisonnier de guerre

  2. English, today

    prisoner of war

French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre obsolete.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Military & Defence

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