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Prisoner of war

//ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

    "As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors."

  2. 2
    a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war wordnet

Etymology

Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete).

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