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noun (plural: prisoners of war)
- A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviation: POW
- As a , he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
Translations: - Dutch: krijgsgevangene
- French: prisonnier de guerre
- German: Kriegsgefangene
- Italian: prigioniero di guerra
- Spanish: prisionero de guerra
adjective prisoner-of-war (before the noun), (after the noun)
- Of or relating to a prisoner of war or prisoners of war.
- After his capture he was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp.
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