'Refugee' definitions:
Definition of 'refugee'
From: WordNet
noun
An exile who flees for safety
Definition of 'Refugee'
From: GCIDE
- Refugee \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] Refulgence
Synonyms of 'refugee'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absconder,
- alien,
- barbarian,
- bolter,
- deracine,
- displaced person,
- DP,
- eloper,
- emigrant,
- emigre,
- escapee,
- evacuee,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- fleer,
- foreign devil,
- foreigner,
- fugitive,
- gringo,
- outlander,
- outlaw,
- outsider,
- runagate,
- runaway,
- skedaddler,
- stateless person,
- stranger,
- the Wandering Jew,
- tramontane,
- Uitlander,
- ultramontane,
- wanderer