Kapo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Kapo
< German, perhaps shortening of French caporal corporal 2
Example Sentences
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Featured on his latest album “201,” the gentle love ballad is elevated with the poetic additions of Colombian singer-rapper Kapo, whose soft-spoken interludes heat up the track.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Helm shows that, in Ravensbrück, where the term “Blockova” was used, rather than Kapo, power struggles took place among prisoner factions over who would occupy the Blockova position in each barrack.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
A Kapo was a camp inmate given privileges for supervising prison work gangs.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2013
Manager Neil Lennon was also without suspended captain Scott Brown and the injured Olivier Kapo, along with striker Daryl Murphy, as he was forced to reshuffle his midfield.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2011
What's more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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