ほりょ
Meanings
Noun
1. prisoner (of war); POW; captive
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
prisoner-of-war camp; POW camp
prisoner exchange
Prisoner of the Caucasus (opera)
Examples (4 in total)
They were taken prisoner.
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
They treated the prisoners cruelly.