GENEVA CONVENTION

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 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)

Sense 1

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)