prisoner of war
noun/ˌprɪznər əv ˈwɔː(r)/
/ˌprɪznər əv ˈwɔːr/
(plural prisoners of war)
(abbreviation POW)
- a person, usually a member of the armed forces, who is captured by the enemy during a war and kept in a prison camp until the war has finished
- After several more months as a prisoner of war, he escaped again.
- He was held as a prisoner of war.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrisoner of war is used before these nouns:- camp
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