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 Definitions of prisoner of war  [ˈprɪz ə nər, ˈprɪz nər]  

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Definition of 'prisoner of war' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) prisoner of war
a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, esp. a member of the armed forces.
Definition of 'prisoner of war' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) prisoner of war, POW
a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
Definition of 'prisoner of war' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  prisoner of war
A detained person as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949. In particular, one who, while engaged in combat under orders of his or her government, is
Translation of 'prisoner of war' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: – a member of the armed forces captured in a war.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: krygsgevangenes Arabic flag Arabic: سَجين حَرْب، أسير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: военнопленник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: prisioneiro de guerra Czech flag Czech: válečný zajatec German flag German: der/die Kriegsgefangene
Danish flag Danish: krigsfange Greek flag Greek: αιχμάλωτος πολέμου Spanish flag Spanish: prisionero de guerra
Estonian flag Estonian: sõjavang Farsi flag Farsi: اسیر جنگی Finnish flag Finnish: sotavanki
French flag French: prisonnier de guerre Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָבוּי Hindi flag Hindi: युद्ध बंदी
Hungarian flag Hungarian: hadifogoly Indonesian flag Indonesian: tawanan perang Icelandic flag Icelandic: stríðsfangi
Italian flag Italian: prigioniero di guerra Japanese flag Japanese: 捕虜 Korean flag Korean: 전쟁 포로
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karo belaisvis Latvian flag Latvian: karagūsteknis Malay flag Malay: tawanan perang
Dutch flag Dutch: krijgsgevangene Norwegian flag Norwegian: krigsfange Polish flag Polish: jeniec wojenny
Persian flag Persian: اسیر جنگی Pashto flag Pashto: د جګړى اسير Portuguese flag Portuguese: prisioneiro de guerra
Romanian flag Romanian: prizonier de război Russian flag Russian: военнопленный Slovak flag Slovak: vojnový zajatec
Slovenian flag Slovenian: vojni ujetnik Serbian flag Serbian: ratni zarobljenik Swedish flag Swedish: krigsfånge
Thai flag Thai: เชลยศึก Turkish flag Turkish: savaş tutsağı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 戰俘
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: військовополонений Urdu flag Urdu: جنگي قيدي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tù nhân chiến tranh
Chinese flag Chinese: 战俘

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