Refugee

What do we mean by refugee?

One who flees, especially to another country, seeking refuge from war, political oppression, religious persecution, or a natural disaster. 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. noun

A unionist in the southern United States who, during the civil war, fled to the Northern States. noun

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. noun

An exile who flees for safety noun

A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.

A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc.

A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country.

(by extension) A person who flees one place or institution for another.

Words that are spelled similarly to refugee:
refugee, refuge, refuges, refuged.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word refugee:
resettlement, refugees, asylum, camp, fleeing, displaced, humanitarian, gaza, migrant, immigration, exodus, persecution, algeria, crisis, lebanon, status, sudan, migrants, beirut, detention, syrian, fled, immigrant, lebanese, migration, afghan, syria, thailand, relief, palestine, uganda, jordan, vietnamese, shelter, assistance, citizenship, kenya, nazi, israeli, immigrants, convention, nepal, afghanistan, aid, iraqi, protection, pakistan, slaves, persons, border, escaped, iraq, strip, nations, arab, agency, organisation, children.

Words that rhyme with refugee:
refuge he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe refugee:
political, french, german, young, huguenot, polish, russian, old, hungarian, italian, palestinian, protestant, cuban, vietnamese, non, poor, belgian, spanish, austrian, fellow, penniless, irish, european, anti, individual, former, cambodian, arab, czech, homeless, tibetan, afghan, genuine, chinese, massive, asian, greek, pro, distinguished, immigrant, royal, elderly, tory, hmong, south, muslim, female, stateless, salvadoran, bosnian, armenian, southeast, dutch, environmental, prominent, communist, haitian, viennese, indignant, african, famous, east, flemish, unfortunate, chilean, loyalist, ethiopian, noble, hunted, sudanese, impoverished, kurdish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective refugee:
generating, escapee, recognition, affected, assistance, camp, warriors, related, palestinians, host, problem, producing.

Consonant match to refugee:
refuge he.

Words that sound like refugee:
refugee, refuge, refugees, refuged, refugio, refugia, refuges, refuging, refuse, refute, refut, refugium, refuel, refuser, refusion, refused, roughage, refutes, refuter, riffage, referee, reggie, raphael, the future, rafflesia, rheology, refry, trethewey, orology.