Definitions for Refugee
ˌrɛf yʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf yʊˌdʒirefugee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refugeenoun

   an exile who flees for safety

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refugeenoun

   A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.

2. refugeenoun

   A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.

3. refugeenoun

   A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.

4. refugeenoun

   A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

5. Etymology: From réfugié, past participle of réfugier ("to take refuge"), describing early French protestants seeking refuge.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refugeenoun

   One who flies to shelter or protection.

   Etymology: refugié, Fr.

   Poor refugees, at first they purchase here;
   And soon as denizen’d, they domineer. Dryden.

   This is become more necessary in some of their governments, since so many refugees settled among them. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refugee

   A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of his or her country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refugeenoun

   one who flees to a shelter, or place of safety

2. Refugeenoun

   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

3. Etymology: [F. rfugi, fr. se rfugier to take refuge. See Refuge, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Refugee

   A refugee is a person who is outside his or her country of origin or habitual residence because they have suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are a member of a persecuted 'social group' or because they are fleeing a war or natural disaster. Such a person may be called to as an 'asylum seeker' until recognized by the state where they make a claim. As of January 31, 2005, the largest source countries of refugees are Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, South Sudan, and the Palestinian Territories. The country with the largest number of IDPs is South Sudan, with over 5 million. As of 2006, with 800,000 refugees and IDPs, Azerbaijan had the highest per capita IDP population in the world.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. refugee

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Matched Categories

1. • Exile

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Refugee' in Nouns Frequency: #1470

How to pronounce Refugee?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Refugee in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Refugee in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Refugee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Refugee in a Sentence

1. Michael McCaul:

   Our intelligence community has ... told me that individuals with terrorism ties in Syria have already tried to gain access to our country through the refugee program, what’s even more concerning is that top officials have testified before this committee that intelligence gaps prevent us from being able to confidently weed out terrorists.

2. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   But that is generally not the case, if we're looking for a joint European strategy to solve the refugee question, it can't be sufficient for Angela to first call Hollande and then EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and that I learn of the result in the press.

3. Secret Cinema founder Fabien Riggall:

   We want to make this the beginning of a campaign to bring cultural space to the worst affected regions in the world, most notably the worst refugee camps in the world.

4. Jim Skea:

   No inference in the chapter is drawn that such people are or could be refugees. The word refugee does not appear in the desertification chapter.

5. Donald Trump:

   The United States will not be The United States and it won't be a refugee holding facility.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Refugee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Refugee
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Refugee
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Refugee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Refugee
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf