Definition of refugee Refugee

/ɹɛˈfjuʤi/ - [refyujee] - ref•u•gee

We found 10 definitions of refugee from 6 different sources.

What does refugee mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: refugees

refugee - an exile who flees for safety

expat, expatriate, exile the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

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Wiktionary

refugee (Noun)
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country , i. e. , a person seeking a political asylum .
refugee (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 an economic asylum.
refugee (Noun)
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster .
refugee (Noun)
A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

refugee (n.)
One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
refugee (n.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

refugee
A person who is outside his country of origin and who, due to well-founded fear of persecution, is unable or unwilling to avail himself of that country protection.

Wikipedia

In 1951, the United Nations (UN) law called Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, said a refugee was a person who is forced to leave their country due to natural disasters or war and conflict.

owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.

In 1967 the Conventions’ 1967 Protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include persons who had fled war and violence in their country. A person who is seeking to be recognized as a refugee is an asylum seeker. In the United States a recognized asylum seeker is known as an asylee.

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refugee, noun, singular of refugees.

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