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▸ noun: A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc.
▸ noun: A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country.
▸ noun: (by extension) A person who flees one place or institution for another.
▸ verb: (transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
Similar:
rapefugee,
displaced person,
environmental refugee,
economic refugee,
foreign fighter,
expatriate,
internal refugee,
climate refugee,
exile of conscience,
self-exile,
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