refugee
refugee
Definition
refu·gee (ref′yo̵̅o̅ jē′, ref′yo̵̅o̅ jē′)
noun
a person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution
Etymology: Fr réfugié, pp. of réfugier < L refugere: see refuge
refugee
Synonyms
refugee
n.
refugee
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- resettle: In March 2004, Taiwan donated funds to assist Chad resettle refugees from the Darfur Region.
- flee: Their evil intent is to capture the fleeing refugees from Edoras to take to their master Saruman at Isengard.
- starve: If there is only one banana in your hand, will you give it to a starving African refugee or a lovely chimpanzee?
- settle: In 1685 many French refugees settled in Coventry after the religious intolerance associated with the revocation of the edict of Nantes.
Adjective modifier
- Afghan: Afghan refugees cross the border into Pakistan at Chaman, near Quetta.
- Albanian: The Washington Post also reports stories of rape are emerging from ethnic Albanian refugees.
- Kurdish: He had been recognized by a Kurdish refugee at a Danish language school for refugees.
- Somali: Her other ongoing projects include research about deaf people's use of the internet and Somali refugee and asylum seeker children.
- Serb: Basic also said 14,500 Serb refugees from Yugoslavia had arrived in Bosnia, most of them in the Serb republic.
Modifies a noun
- camp: A few from the refugee camps in France have made perilous trips to gain entry to the United Kingdom.
- status: Perhaps the most worrying aspect is the granting of refugee status for only 5 years, at which point there will be a review.
- crisis: International Development Secretary Clare Short in the UK has announced fifteen million pounds in humanitarian aid for the refugee crisis.
- integration: These organizations are involved in helping refugee integration, either directly or indirectly.
- doctor: Refugee doctors undergo training and are tested on their medical training and understanding of English.
Noun used with modifier
- Albanian: A Kosovar Albanian refugee claimed that Serb forces executed 12 ethnic Albanians on 5 April.
Preposition: in
Preposition: from
- persecution: A refugee from persecution in his native Poland, Professor Bauman was Leeds ' first professor of sociology.
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