- 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.
Refugee Refugee refers to a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular ...
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