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Synonyms for refugee

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ref-yoo-jee, ref-yoo-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛf yʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf yʊˌdʒi

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Définition of refugee

Origin :
  • 1680s, from French refugié, noun use of past participle of refugier "to take shelter, protect," from Old French refuge (see refuge). First applied to French Huguenots who migrated after the revocation (1685) of the Edict of Nantes. The word meant "one seeking asylum," till 1914, when it evolved to mean "one fleeing home" (first applied in this sense to civilians in Flanders heading west to escape fighting in World War I). In Australian slang from World War II, reffo.
  • noun person running from something, often oppression
Example sentences :
  • Some said his father was a Russian refugee, his mother a Mongol woman.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • He had no wish to provoke a conflict, but he had no thought of surrendering the refugee.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
  • His father was a refugee from France, and desired to let a part of his house.
  • Extract from : « Shawl-Straps » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • Never mind, I'll pay you as much as a refugee—within reason.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Mr. Grindrod and I engaged in reading together "The Refugee."
  • Extract from : « A Journey to America in 1834 » by Robert Heywood
  • An exile in London—“a refugee,” as it is termed—he scarce knew what to do.
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • There was comfort in this—the others must also wait, and the refugee could not go far.
  • Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
  • He was a refugee, after all, and only too anxious to go into hiding for a few weeks.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • "Nothing at all—a refugee is not supposed to have belongings," replied his wife.
  • Extract from : « With Haig on the Somme » by D. H. Parry
  • It was communicated to him by M. de Vgobre, a French refugee.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

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