About The Word Refugee
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Refugee
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What's The Definition Of Refugee?
[n] an exile who flees for safety
Synonyms | Synonyms for Refugee: Related Terms | Find terms related to Refugee: See Also | displaced person | DP | exile | expatriate | stateless person Refugee In Webster's Dictionary \Ref`u*gee"\ (r?f`?*j?"), n. [F. r['e]fugi['e], fr. se
r['e]fugier to take refuge. See {Refuge}, n.]
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 Nantes.
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