refugee
Meaning of refugee
noun
- A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.
- A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc.
- A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country.
- (by extension) A person who flees one place or institution for another.
verb
To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
Information about refugee
- The plural form of refugee is: refugees.
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Hyphenation of refugee
refugee
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- refugee is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of refugee
- German: Flüchtling
- French: réfugié
- Portuguese: refugiados
- Spanish: refugiado, refugiada
- Italian: profugo, rifugiato
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