Usually means: Person fleeing conflict or persecution.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word refugee:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. refugee: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. refugee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. refugee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. refugee: Collins English Dictionary
  5. refugee: Vocabulary.com
  6. Refugee, refugee: Wordnik
  7. refugee: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. refugee: Wiktionary
  9. refugee: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. refugee: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. refugee: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. refugee: Dictionary.com
  13. refugee: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. refugee: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Refugee (Bad4Good album), Refugee (Gratz novel), Refugee (Refugee Album), Refugee (Refugee album), Refugee (band), Refugee (disambiguation), Refugee (novel), Refugee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Refugee: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. refugee: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. refugee: Rhymezone
  19. refugee: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. refugee: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. refugee: Free Dictionary
  22. refugee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. refugee: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. refugee: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Refugee: World Wide Words

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. refugee: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refugee: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. refugee: Political
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Refugee: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See refugeeing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.
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.

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