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refugee
CEFRB1
/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/
noun
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- 01
noun
A person forced to leave their country to escape danger.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
Examples
Sanitary conditions in the refugee camps were terrible.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
More examples
In contextThe refugee crossed the line safely.
In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.
Alluding to the regional consequences of a war in the Taiwan Strait, Zelensky pointed out that there could be millions of refugees, similar to the result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Origin
noun
From French réfugié, past participle of réfugier (“to take refuge, to seek refuge”), from Old French refuge (“hiding place”) from Latin refugium (“a place of refuge, place to flee back to”), originally describing French Huguenots fleeing religious persecution after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Noun sense 1 was "one seeking asylum" until 1914, when it evolved to mean more generally "one fleeing home" (first applied in this sense to civilians in Flanders heading west to escape fighting in World War I). By surface analysis, refuge + -ee. Displaced native Old English flīema.