prisoner of war

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ˌprisoner of ˈwar noun [countable] SCJPMa soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner 战俘

Examples from the Corpus

prisoner of war• He might be a prisoner of war.• My grandfather was a prisoner of war of the U. S. Army for 26 years.

navy the a who etc caught of Corpus member is soldier,

prisoner of war
ˌprisoner of ˈwar

noun [countable]
a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner

prisoner of war

BrE

/ˌprɪznər əv ˈwɔː(r)/

NAmE

/ˌprɪznər əv ˈwɔːr/

noun

(

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 战俘；俘虏