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prisoner of war

noun

a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. : POW

prisoner of war

First recorded in 1670–80

He treated the wounded soldier and the prisoner-of-war with kindness.

Imagine his astonishment on learning that he was then addressing the very man whom he had hoped to meet as a prisoner-of-war.

I was at last acquitted, and could return to my lonely chamber not as a criminal, but as a prisoner-of-war!

In my opinion no prisoner-of-war has ever escaped without more than a fair share of luck, and no one ever will.

Armed with this document the colonel was no longer a poor prisoner-of-war.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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