Refugee
One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
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.
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Refugee Translations
refugee in Dutch is vluchteling, uitgewekene
refugee in Italian is profugo
refugee in Spanish is profugo, refugiado
refugee in Swedish is flykting
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