Etymology

kapo

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Today it means: A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor. Full definition →

German Kapo
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  1. German · borrowed fromKapo
  2. English todaykapo

Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.

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