Alternative form of war to end all wars

A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

(military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.

Alternative form of man-of-war

Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. / Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. / Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. / After the end of World War II in 1945.

A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.

plural of tug-of-war

A medieval hammer-like weapon used in close combat.

plural of world war