prisoner of war

/P R IH1 Z AH0 N ER0 AH1 V W AO1 R/
noun
  1. 1

    A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations POW, PW.

    “As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.”

Synonyms

POW

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