Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who flees, especially to another country, seeking refuge from war, political oppression, religious persecution, or a natural disaster.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become a refugee; take refuge in another country; specifically, during the civil war in the United States, to take refuge in the Northern States: said of unionists in the Southern States.
- noun A unionist in the southern United States who, during the civil war, fled to the Northern States.
- noun One who flees to a refuge or shelter or place of safety.
- noun One who in times of persecution or political commotion flees to a foreign country for safety.
- noun One of a band of marauders during the American Revolution: so called because they placed themselves under the refuge or protection of the British crown: same as
cow-boy , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
- noun Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person seeking
refuge in aforeign country out of fear of politicalpersecution or the prospect of such persecution in hishome country , i.e., a person seeking apolitical asylum . - noun A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to
poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking aneconomic asylum . - noun A person seeking refuge due to a
natural disaster . - noun A person formally granted a political or economic
asylum by a country other than his home country.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an exile who flees for safety
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not because "refugee" connotes someone from outside the country who seeks refuge from a political situation which it does, but because the term refugee makes it sound as though helping these people were optional and contingent upon our charitable feelings, rather than an obligation to our fellow citizens.
Refugees. Evacuees. Okies. bradamant 2005
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The nation's foremost news organizations, including the Associated Press, the "New York Times" and this broadcast uses the term refugee when and where appropriate.
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The president, Jackson and others apparently think that news organizations created the term refugee just to describe victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Even a cursory review of reporting of such disaster of Hurricane Andrew, the 1993 Midwestern floods and wildfires through the West have all prompted the use of the term refugee by news organizations.
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You've heard on this broadcast, by the way, several people, including Reverend Jesse Jackson and others admonish us not to use the term refugee when describing the New Orleans citizens who have had to flee their homes.
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Refugee mentality: Comrade Magapatona felt that the term refugee mentality was not clearly defined.
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The law laid down a new, broader definition of the term refugee, established mechanisms for arriving at a level of refugee admissions through consultation with
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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The law laid down a new, broader definition of the term refugee, established mechanisms for arriving at a level of refugee admissions through consultation with Congress, and established the Office of the United States Coordinator for Refugees.
State of the Union Address Jimmy Carter
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Oh yeah, and the refugee is a young woman -- young pregnant woman.
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Oh yeah, and the refugee is a young woman -- young pregnant woman.
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