evacuee
noun /ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
/ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
- a person who is sent away from a place because it is dangerous, especially during a war
- Allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee.
- During 1942 evacuee families started to arrive in the town.
Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally in the French form): from French évacué, past participle of évacuer, from Latin evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.