Prisoner of war
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English
Noun
prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)
- A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy.
- As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
Abbreviation
Adjective
prisoner-of-war (before the noun), prisoner of war (after the noun)
- Of or relating to prisoners of war.
- After his capture he was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Translations
- Chinese: 战俘
- Dutch: krijgsgevangene
- German: Kriegsgefangener
- Interlingua: prisionero de guerra
- Italian: prigioniero di guerra m
- Norwegian: krigsfange m
- Persian: اسیر (asir), بندی (bandi)
- Portuguese: prisioneiro de guerra
- Slovak: zajatec m (zajatci pl)
- Spanish: prisionero de guerra
- Swedish: krigsfånge
- Volapük: kligafanäböpäb