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Definition of Refugee
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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