A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, PW, P/W, WP, PsW) or enemy prisoner of war (EPW) is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase is dated 1660.

Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia, 1915

Noun

prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)

1. A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations POW, PW.

   As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

Adjective

prisoner-of-war

1. Of or relating to a prisoner of war or prisoners of war.

   After his capture he was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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