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prisoners of war

prisoners of war is the plural of prisoner of war.

Meaning of prisoner of war

Noun

prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)

  1. A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
    • As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
    Synonyms:
    POW, PW

Questions about prisoners of war

What is prisoners of war the plural of?
Prisoners of war is the plural of prisoner of war.

Words near prisoners of war in the dictionary

  1. prisoner-of-war camps
  2. prisonerlike
  3. prisoners
  4. prisoners at large
  5. prisoners of conscience
  6. prisoners of war
  7. prisoners' bars
  8. prisonful
  9. prisonfuls
  10. prisonguard
  11. prisonguards

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