Refugee

Noun

 * 1) A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
 * 2) A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
 * 3) A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
 * 4) A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

Derived terms

 * reffo
 * refugeehood

Adjectives for Refugee
repatriating; testy; penniless; favorite; sick; unwelcome.

Verbs for Refugee
aid—; harbor—; overtake—; prosecute—; pursue—; search for—; shelter—; succor—;—s abandon; —absconds; —departs; — eludes; —endeavors; —escapes; —evades; —flees; —migrates; —s pour into; —s retreat; —trudges.

Thesaurus
DP, Uitlander, absconder, alien, barbarian, bolter, deracine, displaced person, eloper, emigrant, emigre, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, fleer, foreign devil, foreigner, fugitive, gringo, outlander, outlaw, outsider, runagate, runaway, skedaddler, stateless person, stranger, the Wandering Jew, tramontane, ultramontane, wanderer

Etymology
From réfugié, past participle of réfugier ("to take refuge"), describing early French protestants seeking refuge.

Translations

 * Arabic: لاجئ
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Belarusian: уцекач
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (政治 zhèngzhì), , 避難者, 避难者
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: pagulane
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: (難民)


 * Polish:
 * Russian:, беженка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: избеглица, избjеглица
 * Roman: izbeglica, izbjeglica
 * Slovak: utečenec, utečenkyňa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: sığınmacı,,  göçmen
 * Ukrainian: біженець


 * Arabic: لاجئ
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (經濟 / 经济 jīngjì) ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, göçmen


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 災民, 灾民
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian: pengungsi
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, sığınmacı,  göçmen


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:


 * : penaber, mihacir, miltecî
 * : pabėgėlis


 * : അഭയാര്‍ത്ഥി (abhayaarthi) (1,2,3,4)