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refugee

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ref·u·gee  (rfy-j)
n.
One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution.

[French réfugié, from past participle of réfugier, to take refuge, from Old French, from refuge, refuge; see refuge.]

refugee [ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː]
n
a.  a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution refugees from Rwanda
b.  (as modifier) a refugee camp a refugee problem
refugeeism  n

A person who, by reason of real or imagined danger, has left their home country or country of their nationality and is unwilling or unable to return. See also dislocated civilian; displaced person; evacuee; expellee; stateless person.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.refugeerefugee - an exile who flees for safety        
displaced person, DP, stateless person - a person forced to flee from home or country
exile, expat, expatriate - a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"

refugee
Translations
refugee [ˌrefjʊˈdʒiː]
A. Nrefugiado/a m/f
refugee from justiceprófugo/a m/f de la justicia
B. CPD refugee camp Ncampamento m para refugiados
refugee status Nestatus m inv de refugiado

refugee [ˌrɛfjˈdʒiː]
nréfugié(e) m/f
political refugee → réfugié(e) politique
modif [agency] → pour les réfugiés; [centre] → de réfugiés; [child, community, family] → de réfugiés; [crisis, situation] → des réfugiés refugee camp, refugee status
refugee camp ncamp m de réfugiés
refugee status nstatut m de réfugié

refugee
nFlüchtling m

refugee [ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː] nrifugiato/a, profugo/a
refugee [ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː] nrifugiato/a, profugo/a

refugee لاجئ uprchlík flygtning Flüchtling πρόσφυγας refugiado pakolainen réfugié izbjeglica rifugiato 避難者 난민 vluchteling flyktning uchodźca refugiado беженец flykting ผู้ลี้ภัย sığınmacı người tị nạn 难民


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Early the third morning Tom Sawyer wisely went poking among some old empty hogsheads down behind the abandoned slaughter-house, and in one of them he found the refugee.
the mouldy old refugee has an eye for character, though.
Listen: my ancestor, a political refugee from Lisbon, and one of the first Portuguese who landed on these shores, wrote that when he was dying on those mountains which no white foot ever pressed before or since.
 
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