'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

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