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1. (n.) refugee
a person who flees for refuge or safety, esp. to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) refugee
an exile who flees for safety
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1. (noun) refugee
sb forced to leave their country to escape danger
refugees pouring across the border; a refugee camp
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1. (noun) refugee
one who flees to a shelter, or place of safety
2. (noun) refugee
especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. refugee
A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his or her nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country. See also dislocated civilian; displaced person; evacuee; expellee; stateless person.
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