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boat people
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boat people
pl.n.
Refugees, usually political ones, who attempt to flee from their native country to other countries by boat: "hundreds of thousands of boat people descending on the nation, arms outstretched in need" (Jerry Adler).
boat people
pl n
refugees, esp from Vietnam in the late 1970s, who leave by boat hoping to be picked up by ships of another country
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boat people n → boat people mpl
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