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prisoner of war
–noun
| a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, esp. a member of the armed forces. Abbreviation: POW |
Origin:
1670–80
1670–80
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| prisoner of war n. pl. prisoners of war A person taken by or surrendering to enemy forces in wartime. |
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prisoner of war
(pow, or Pw), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. In the strictest sense it is applied only to members of regularly organized armed forces, but by broader definition it has also included guerrillas, civilians who take up arms against an enemy openly, or noncombatants associated with a military force
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Language Translation for : prisoner of war
Spanish:
prisionero de guerra,
German:
der, *die Kriegsgefangene,
Japanese:
捕虜
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