pow
pronunciation
How to pronounce pow in British English:
UK [paʊ]
How to pronounce pow in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
Word Origin
- pow
- expression imitative of a blow, collision, etc., first recorded 1881.
- POW (n.)
- also P.O.W., initialism (acronym) for prisoner of war, coined 1919 but not common until World War II.
Example
- 1. The water torture was a favorite among japanese pow guards during wwii .
- 2. Sure , rambo takes on a huge chunk of the vietnamese soldiers guarding a pow camp and slaughters them all .
- 3. A number of things have served as money throughout history : shells , tobacco leaves , even cigarettes in pow camps and prisons .
- 4. These leaders , who constituted the rsfsr 's military command , expressed their lack of interest in the repatriation of pow to the polish side .
- 5. The time we 're speaking of by the way was a period of nine years , giving him a pretty bittersweet record for being held as a pow .