Pow (Noun)
Meaning
A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The soldiers who laid down their arms were immediately taken prisoner as pows.
- Many pows suffered in harsh conditions in enemy camps during the long war.
- He spent several years as a pow before being exchanged for an enemy prisoner.
- After the surrender, thousands of soldiers became pows of the invading army.
- Conditions for pows were harsh and unsanitary in the makeshift camp.