prisoner of war
Noun
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Noun
prisoner of war
- A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations POW, PW.
- As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
- French: prisonnier de guerre, prisonnière de guerre
- German: Kriegsgefangener, Kriegsgefangene
- Italian: prigioniero di guerra, prigioniera di guerra
- Portuguese: prisioneiro de guerra, prisioneira de guerra
- Russian: военнопле́нный
- Spanish: prisionero de guerra, prisionera de guerra
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