REFUGEE
\ɹˈɛfjuːd͡ʒˌiː], \ɹˈɛfjuːdʒˌiː], \ɹ_ˈɛ_f_j_uː_dʒ_ˌiː]\
Definitions of REFUGEE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution in their own country or habitual residence because of race, religion, or political belief. (Webster, 3d ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who flees for protection, as from political or religious persecution, to a foreign land; one who escapes from an invading army.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who flees for refuge to another country, esp. from religious persecution or political commotion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald