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deportee|diːpɔəˈtiː| [f. deport v. + -ee1.] One who is or has been deported; spec. in Indian use, = détenu.
1895Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 5/1 One party of fifteen deportees from Constantinople having been massacred. 1909J. Morley Recoll. (1917) II. 309 The failure to tell the deportee what he is arrested for. 1910V. Chirol Indian Unrest vii. 99 The grounds on which Government announced the release of these deportees last winter were even more unhappily chosen than the moment for the announcement. 1914Morn. Post 3 Feb. 9/4 To intercept the Umgeni and give the deportees an opportunity of returning to their homes. 1920Glasgow Herald 13 Mar. 9 The Dongola embarked yesterday at Devonport 100 Russian prisoners of war.., 9 Russian deportees, and an escort. 1939A. Toynbee Study Hist. V. 124 The Milesian deportees were settled at the mouth of the River Tigris. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 126/3 In that sparsely populated, primitive and depressed region..the deportees were more or less abandoned to fend for themselves. |