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Definition of refugee in English: refugeenoun rɛfjʊˈdʒiːrɛfjʊˈdʒiː A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. 难民，避难人 tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes as modifier a refugee camp Example sentencesExamples - Labour's concession to those who try to scapegoat refugees and migrants is shameful.
- They want to present a picture of refugees getting much better services than other people.
- This man was a Russian refugee whose family was used as forced labor by the Nazis.
- Every one of the refugees had a harrowing story of why they had been driven to flee the homes they loved.
- The government could have chosen to challenge the persistent lies about refugees.
- They could then face deportation even though they have been recognised as refugees.
- We hear next to nothing of the refugee camps, the economic and social embargoes and the massacres.
- The experience of refugees in British society has given rise to a number of plays in recent years.
- Most of the major unions have now passed policies supporting the rights of refugees.
- We are always being told about how many asylum seekers and refugees are coming to this country.
- As we got closer, we realised that it was a bus stand that had been turned into a refugee camp.
- As a refugee, he can be deported only if he is a danger to national security or to the community.
- The current scare over migrants and refugees is just as racist and irrational.
- Amnesty International has called on countries to stop sending refugees back there.
- Immigrants and refugees are not likely to be people who have lived in affluent suburbs.
- The foreign minister said Iran already uses a lot of money to support Afghan refugees who have fled to Iran.
- Many people are leaving the refugee camps for fear of disease, camping out in the ruins of their homes.
- I have been really shocked by what the Labour government has done to refugees in Britain.
- The government wants to dump refugees into camps in isolated areas around Britain.
- Five million Palestinians are refugees out of a total population of eight million.
Synonyms displaced person, DP, escapee, fugitive, asylum seeker, runaway, exile, émigré, stateless person, outcast, returnee Australian informal reffo
OriginLate 17th century: from French réfugié 'gone in search of refuge', past participle of (se) réfugier, from refuge (see refuge). Rhymesabsentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee Definition of refugee in US English: refugeenounrɛfjʊˈdʒiː A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. 难民，避难人 tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes as modifier a refugee camp Example sentencesExamples - Amnesty International has called on countries to stop sending refugees back there.
- Most of the major unions have now passed policies supporting the rights of refugees.
- As a refugee, he can be deported only if he is a danger to national security or to the community.
- Many people are leaving the refugee camps for fear of disease, camping out in the ruins of their homes.
- They could then face deportation even though they have been recognised as refugees.
- We hear next to nothing of the refugee camps, the economic and social embargoes and the massacres.
- They want to present a picture of refugees getting much better services than other people.
- Every one of the refugees had a harrowing story of why they had been driven to flee the homes they loved.
- We are always being told about how many asylum seekers and refugees are coming to this country.
- The experience of refugees in British society has given rise to a number of plays in recent years.
- As we got closer, we realised that it was a bus stand that had been turned into a refugee camp.
- The government could have chosen to challenge the persistent lies about refugees.
- This man was a Russian refugee whose family was used as forced labor by the Nazis.
Synonyms displaced person, dp, escapee, fugitive, asylum seeker, runaway, exile, émigré, stateless person, outcast, returnee
OriginLate 17th century: from French réfugié ‘gone in search of refuge’, past participle of ( se) réfugier, from refuge (see refuge). |