Meaning of REFUGEE
| Pronunciation: | | `refyû'jee
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| | Definition: | | [n] an exile who flees for safety |
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| | See Also: | | displaced person, DP, exile, expatriate, stateless person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ref`u*gee"\ (r?f`?*j?"), n. [F. r['e]fugi['e], fr. se
r['e]fugier to take refuge. See {Refuge}, n.]
1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political
commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety;
as, the French refugees who left France after the
revocation of the edict of Nantes.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are a refugee means your feeling of not belonging anywhere. You feel socially rejected or emotionally isolated. Alternatively, you may be trying to escape a situation or issue instead of confronting it. |
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