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prisoner of war

pris·on·er of war
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner uhv, ov wawr]
    • /ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər ʌv, ɒv wɔr/
    • /ˈprɪznə(r) əv wɔː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [priz-uh-ner, priz-ner uhv, ov wawr]
    • /ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər ʌv, ɒv wɔr/

Definitions of prisoner of war words

  • noun prisoner of war a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. Abbreviation: POW. 1
  • countable noun prisoner of war Prisoners of war are soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war and kept as prisoners until the end of the war. 0
  • noun prisoner of war a person, esp a serviceman, captured by an enemy in time of war 0
  • noun prisoner of war a member of the regular or irregular armed forces of a nation at war held captive by the enemy 0
See all 4 definitions of prisoner of war

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Origin of prisoner of war

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80

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Parts of speech for Prisoner of war

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Prisoner of war

prisoner of war popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for prisoner of war

noun prisoner of war

All 7 Synonyms of prisoner of war

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