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prisoner of war

noun

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


prisoner of war

noun

  1. a person, esp a serviceman, captured by an enemy in time of war POW
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prisoner of war1

First recorded in 1670–80
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Born in Grantown-on-Spey in 1894, he escaped the prisoner of war camp and eventually crossed the Atlantic to follow his golfing dream.

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Earlier, Zelensky said a peace deal with Russia could start with a "full" exchange of prisoners of war.

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He recalls, speaking as a prisoner of war after being captured by Ukrainian forces in the summer of 2024.

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In a post shared on X, the Ukrainian president said he and the US special envoy had "a detailed conversation about the battlefield situation, how to return our prisoners of war, and effective security guarantees".

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She's become a one-woman telephone exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held captive in Russia: prisoners of war, who can't call Ukrainian numbers from Russian jails, dial Anastasia's Russian mobile.

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