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noun. military. Prisoner of War camp: a place where soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war are kept as prisoners until the end of the war.
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A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.
These camps were called prisoner of war, or POW, camps. Over one thousand prisoner of war camps existed throughout the Third Reich during the Second World War.
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of ...
Definitions of prisoner of war camp. a camp for prisoners of war. synonyms: POW camp, internment camp, prison camp.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun prisoner-of-war camp. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
POW camp · brig · concentration camp · dungeon · house of detention · jail · labor camp · lockup · military prison ...
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An installation established for the internment and administration of prisoners of war. Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense ...