Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their homes or their country, either because there is a war there or because of their politicalor religious beliefs.
Synonyms: exile, asylum seeker, émigré, displaced person More Synonyms of refugee
refugee in British English
(ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː)
noun
a.
a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
refugees from Rwanda
b.
(as modifier)
a refugee camp
a refugee problem
Derived forms
refugeeism (ˌrefuˈgeeism)
noun
refugee in American English
(ˌrɛfjuˈdʒi; ˈrɛfjuˌdʒi)
noun
a person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution
Word origin
Fr réfugié, pp. of réfugier < L refugere: see refuge
Examples of 'refugee' in a sentence
refugee
It would mean we could settle in another country as refugees.
The Sun (2016)
Charities have been calling for the camp to be given official status to protect refugees and ensure basic standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He then poured more aid than any nation bar America into the refugee camps where help is most needed.
The Sun (2016)
War refugees have grit.
The Sun (2016)
He said that for most refugees fleeing their homeland was not about seeking better jobs but 'a question of life or death '.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Refugee status should be determined on an individual basis.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
Nations in the region could say to their people that the refugees were a temporary issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet it is very hard to prove in which country a refugee first arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For the first time it also became necessary to determine refugee status on an individual basis.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
Refugee problems remained of secondary importance to wider issues of impending war.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
One would focus on processing asylum requests in refugee camps near the war zones from which refugees are fleeing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But she refuses to leave unless the refugees she has been treating are brought out of the country as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Now you might say that asking a refugee fleeing persecution to hand over $50,000 is callous.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet refugees trying to flee in boats to Italy were turned back.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Then once again the inhuman becomes human as the men are unwrapped in the male refugee camp and play football in the yard.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Hundreds of refugees leave daily on ferries to Athens after receiving their documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And we protect the hundreds of thousands of innocent refugees in our country who do not deserve to be lumped together with criminals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Europe has itself endured the horrors of war, persecution and mass refugee flows.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Above all, these refugees from war must be given the chance to work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Since 1928 an international organization has determined refugee status more or less continuously.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
Treating people as refugees isn't being politically correct.
The Sun (2015)
All three have refugee status or leave to remain in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
refugee
British English: refugee /ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː/ NOUN
Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their country because there is a war there or because of their political or religious beliefs.
American English: refugee
Arabic: لاجِئ
Brazilian Portuguese: refugiado
Chinese: 难民
Croatian: izbjeglica
Czech: uprchlík
Danish: flygtning
Dutch: vluchteling
European Spanish: refugiado
Finnish: pakolainen
French: réfugié
German: Flüchtling
Greek: πρόσφυγας
Italian: rifugiato
Japanese: 避難者
Korean: 난민
Norwegian: flyktning
Polish: uchodźca
European Portuguese: refugiado
Romanian: refugiat
Russian: беженец
Latin American Spanish: refugiado
Swedish: flykting
Thai: ผู้ลี้ภัย
Turkish: sığınmacı
Ukrainian: біженець
Vietnamese: người tị nạn
All related terms of 'refugee'
tax refugee
a person having a high income who chooses to live abroad so as to avoid paying high taxes
refugee camp
a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
refugee capital
money from abroad invested , esp for a short term , in the country offering the highest interest rate
refugee crisis
A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems .
refugee family
A family is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children.
refugee status
the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem , esp political persecution , esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
political refugee
a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution
climate migrant
a person who migrates from an area where the environment has been severely damaged by climate change
Chinese translation of 'refugee'
refugee
(rɛfjuˈdʒiː)
n(c)
难(難)民 (nànmín) (批, pī)
a political refugee政治难(難)民 (yī gè zhèngzhì nànmín)
(noun)
Definition
a person who has fled from some danger, such as war or political persecution
an application for refugee status
Synonyms
exile
the release of all political prisoners and the return of exiles
asylum seeker
an asylum seeker swam ashore in a bid to enter the country
émigré
displaced person
runaway
a teenage runaway
fugitive
He was a fugitive from justice.
escapee
An escapee from Sydney's Long Bay Jail was recaptured today.
stateless person
Additional synonyms
in the sense of asylum seeker
an asylum seeker swam ashore in a bid to enter the country
Synonyms
refugee,
exile,
runaway,
fugitive,
escapee,
émigré,
displaced person
in the sense of escapee
Definition
a person who has escaped from prison
An escapee from Sydney's Long Bay Jail was recaptured today.