PRISONER OF WAR

Meaning of PRISONER OF WAR in English

[prisoner of war] (1678): a person captured in war; esp: a member of the armed forces of a nation who is taken by the enemy during combat

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

PRISONER OF WAR — Date: 1660 a person captured in war
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRISONER OF WAR — : a person captured or interned by a belligerent power because of war with several exceptions provided by international law …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, esp. a member of the armed forces. Abbr.: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — person captured by the enemy during a war
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRISONER OF WAR — Date: 1660 : a person captured in war ; especially : a member of the armed forces of a nation …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRISONER OF WAR — 1660 : a person captured in war especially : a member of the armed forces of a nation who is …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — ■ noun a person captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRISONER OF WAR — (pow, or Pw), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. In the strictest sense it is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRISONER OF WAR — noun ( pl. prisoners of war ) ( abbr. POW ) a person, usually a member of the armed forces, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — ˌprisoner of ˈwar BrE AmE noun [countable] a soldier, member of the navy etc who is caught by the enemy …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISONER OF WAR — ( prisoners of war) Prisoners of war are soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — (prisoners of war) Prisoners of war are soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war and kept …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRISONER OF WAR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He might be a prisoner of war . ▪ My grandfather was a prisoner of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRISONER OF WAR — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PRISONER OF WAR — noun Prisoner of war is used before these nouns: ↑ camp
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRISONER OF WAR — n. to interrogate; repatriate prisoners of war
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PRISONER OF WAR — A detained person as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный военнопленный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — Плен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
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PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
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PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PRISONER OF WAR — Плен
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — Военнопленный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный
Англо-Русский морской словарь
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
PRISONER OF WAR — военнопленный военнопленный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAR — I State of conflict, generally armed, between two or more entities. It is characterized by intentional violence on the part …
Английский словарь Британика
WAR — I. ˈwȯ(ə)r, ˈwȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English werre, warre, from Old North French werre, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISONER — -z( ə )nə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French prisonier, from Old French, from prison + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISONER — (n.) A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a …
Английский словарь Webster
PRISONER — ( n. ) A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAR — war 1 /wawr/ , n. , v. , warred, warring , adj. n. 1. a conflict carried on by force …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISONER — /priz"euh neuhr, priz"neuhr/ , n. 1. a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, esp. as the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISONER — noun Date: 14th century 1. : a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAR — adj ware; aware. 2. war ·noun forces; army. 3. war ·noun instruments of war. 4. war ·noun the profession of …
Webster English vocab
PRISONER — noun one who is confined in a prison. 2. prisoner ·noun a person under arrest, or in custody, whether in …
Webster English vocab
WAR — a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between political units, such as states or nations or between …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAR — war BrE AmE wɔː AmE wɔːr ▷ warred wɔːd AmE wɔːrd ▷ warring ˈwɔːr ɪŋ ▷ wars wɔːz AmE \ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRISONER — prisoner BrE AmE ˈprɪz ə n‿ə AmE \ ‿ ə r ▷ prisoner|s z ▶ ˌ prisoner of ˈ war …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAR — / wɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a situation in which two or more countries or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISONER — / ˈprɪznə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a person who is kept in prison as a punishment, or while they are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISONER — Prisoner, The BrE AmE a British television ↑ series about a man who is made to live in a strange …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISONER — pris ‧ on ‧ er S3 W2 /ˈprɪz ə nə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRISONER — n. 1 a person kept in prison. 2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAR — n. & v. n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRISONER — n. 1 a person kept in prison. 2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Oxford English vocab
PRISONER — n.1 a person kept in prison. 2 (in full prisoner at the bar) a person in custody on a criminal …
Oxford English vocab
WAR — ( wars) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A war is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISONER — ( prisoners) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A prisoner is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a devastating war ▪ It will take a long time for the region to recover …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRISONER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a prisoner of conscience (= someone who is in prison because they have followed their …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAR
Cambridge English vocab
PRISONER — [noun] [C]A prisoner is a person who is kept in prison as a punishment.Prisoners climbed onto the prison roof to …
Cambridge English vocab
WAR — n. Achinese War Algerian War Algerian War of Independence American Civil War War Between the States Civil War United States …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAR — Synonyms and related words : American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRISONER — Synonyms and related words : POW, accused, cageling, captive, chain gang, con, convict, correspondent, defendant, detainee, detenu, ex-convict, gaolbird, internee, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAR — INDEX: 1. fighting between countries or armies 2. to fight in a war or be in a war 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAR — See ↑ WAR 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be at war • ↑ declare war • ↑ go to war • …
Longman Activator English vocab

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