Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prisoner of war.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
poll . - A variant of
pooh .
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- noun
Prisoner of war .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
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PS 3/18/08: Reader Mike Mariano has written to inform me that THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND actually had a VHS release, possibly unauthorized, under the title POW: PRISONERS OF WAR.
Archive 2008-03-16 2008
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PS 3/18/08: Reader Mike Mariano has written to inform me that THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND actually had a VHS release, possibly unauthorized, under the title POW: PRISONERS OF WAR.
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Her friends referred to the acronym POW as meaning ‘prisoner of war’.
DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992
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Her friends referred to the acronym POW as meaning ‘prisoner of war’.
DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992
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"Anyone who says he was not a POW is a friggin 'liar," she said.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Doug stands by his conviction that a POW is a POW.
Doug Nix 2010
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Getting shot out of the sky during Vietnam and living to tell the story of a POW is a reason to be considered a war hero …. not criteria for president.
Racial Issues Return to the the Campaign - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Being a POW is a highly respectful thing but it does not foreign policy experience make ... just ask General Wesley Clarke.
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Defense in POW/MIA matters, would be able to substantiate this information.
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No one by the name of Andrew J. York is a returned POW from the Vietnam
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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