OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1693

prisoner of war

/ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
prisionera de guerra • prisionero de guerra
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.
In November 1799 he entered on board the 38-gun frigate Hussar, under the immediate patronage of the first lieutenant, and four years later was serving as midshipman on board the s…
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