GENEVA CONVENTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Geneva Convention mean? • GENEVA CONVENTION (noun)
The noun GENEVA CONVENTION has 1 sense:
1. an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime
Familiarity information: GENEVA CONVENTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENEVA CONVENTION (noun)
Meaning:
An agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
convention ((diplomacy) an international agreement)
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