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prisoner of war
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A prisoner of war ( POW , PoW , PW , P/W , WP , PsW , enemy prisoner of war ( EPW ) or "missing-captured" ) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant , who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict . The ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He might be a prisoner of war . ▪ My grandfather was a prisoner of war of the U. S. Army for 26 years.
Wiktionary
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n. A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations (term: POW), (term: PW).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war [syn: POW ]
Usage examples of prisoner of war.
And Mike Rodgers, who had bungled security, escape, judging the character of a loyal coworker, and handling a prisoner of war.
To him he stated that he was a prisoner of war, that he was likely to be exchanged in the next few days, that he wished to be married before his voyage, and that as soon as he could he would acquaint Father Costello with the day and hour, because the ceremony would have to be carried out with very little notice.
As it was, he felt a dry burning in his eyes, a constriction in his throat, while he waited for the priest to come out of the vestry To him he stated that he was a prisoner of war, that he was likely to be exchanged in the next few days, that he wished to be married before his voyage, and that as soon as he could he would acquaint Father Costello with the day and hour, because the ceremony would have to be carried out with very little notice.
Old for his rank, passed over for promotion, partly because he had been a prisoner of war in Spanish hands until that country’.
As first a prisoner of war, then later a political prisoner inside this monolithic, secretive state, he would have more experience with lies, deceit, and treachery then I had ever encountered.
I was taken a prisoner of war, all right and proper, and I've got the right to be exchanged or ransomed back, as soon as may be, according to the law on both sides.
The troops were allowed to leave the place with their arms, ammunition, and personal property, and Mondragon engaged himself to procure the release of Sainte Aldegonde and four other prisoners of rank, or to return and give himself up as a prisoner of war.
He has visited all our prisoner of war camps and seen that they were not in the least like prisoner camps as you imagine them.
One was a prisoner of war and the other sworn to unlimited obedience.