prisoner of war

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English

WOTD – 18 August 2022

Etymology

Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete).[1]

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Noun

prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)

  1. A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
    Synonyms: (abbreviations) POW, PW
    As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

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References

  1. ^ “prisoner of war, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2022; “prisoner of war, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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