Definition of Internment camp

1. Noun. A camp for prisoners of war.

Exact synonyms: Pow Camp, Prison Camp, Prisoner Of War Camp
Generic synonyms: Camp
Specialized synonyms: Gulag

Definition of Internment camp

1. Noun. (archaic) A governmental euphemism for a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internment Camp

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internetworks
interneural
interneurals
interneuromeric
interneuromeric clefts
interneuron
interneuronal
interneurons
interning
internings
internist
internists
internity
internment
internment camp (current term)
internment camps
internments
internodal
internodal segment
internode
internodes
internodial
interns
internship
internship and residency
internships
internuclear
internuclear ophthalmoplegia
internucleon

Literary usage of Internment camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Bankers M 95:605-15 N '17 Brandeis, Erich Dementia germánica. Am Law R 52:571-86 Jl '18 Little Prussia in an internment camp. ..."

2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"Student, has arrived in England after being released from a Japanese internment camp. Mr. NG BALI., Associate, has resigned his post with Non-Ferrous ..."

3. Diplomatic History of the European War: A List of References in the New York by Rollin A. Sawyer (1917)
"Report by Doctor AE Taylor on the conditions of diet and nutrition in the internment camp at Ruhleben received through the United States ambassador. ..."

4. The Great Crime and Its Moral by John Selden Willmore (1917)
"(Report covering a visit to the prisoners of war internment camp at Alexandra Palace on the 24th May, 1916.) " Besides the usual ' Lowry ' and ' Markel' ..."

5. The New York Times Current HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918 (1920)
"... <T. the internment camp, but we were informed that after the ... internment camp, the management of which has been declared excellent by foreign ..."

6. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis (2007)
"The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida When a Japanese American family leaves San Francisco for an internment camp, two little girls learn a great deal about the ..."

7. My Life in Germany Before and After January 30, 1933: A Guide to a by Harry Liebersohn, Dorothee Schneider (2001)
"... was an internment camp in Albi, France, and the upholsterer Julius Glaser sent the Harvard committee a card with his new address in die internment camp ..."

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