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Webster 1913 Edition
Refugee
1.
One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
2.
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 NantesWebster 1828 Edition
Refugee
REFUGEE'
,Noun.
1.
One who flies to a shelter or place of safety.2.
One who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign country for safety; as the French refugees, who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantz, and settled in Flanders and America; the refugees from Hispaniola, in 1792; and the American refugees, who left their country at the revolution.Definition 2024
refugee
refugee
English
Noun
refugee (plural refugees)
- 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.
- A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
- A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
Derived terms
Translations
person seeking political asylum
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person seeking economic asylum
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person seeking refuge from natural disaster
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person granted formal asylum
See also
- asylum
- citizenshipless
- countryless
- economic asylum
- nationless
- political asylum
- refoulement
- refuge
Verb
refugee (third-person singular simple present refugees, present participle refugeeing, simple past and past participle refugeed)
- (transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.