refugee
A person seeking refuge, especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of…A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
» The refugees were having trouble finding enough to eat.
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2 senses(also, attributive, figuratively)A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
Flüchtling, Flüchtlingin, Asylant
бе́женецbéženec, бе́женкаbéženka, бе́женецbéženec
бі́женецьbíženecʹ, бі́женкаbíženka, бі́женецьbíženecʹ
(broadly, derogatory)A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
- an exile who flees for safety
Examples
185 sentencesThe refugees were having trouble finding enough to eat.
What's happening to refugees at the border is a shame.
deEs ist eine Schande, was mit den Flüchtlingen an der Grenze passiert. — canan
I'm a refugee.
Я біженець. — deniko
ruЯ беженец. — fjay69
Refugees hid under the bridge.
Біженці сховалися під мостом. — rmdas
ruБеженцы прятались под мостом. — Balamax
We furnished the refugees with blankets.
ruМы дали беженцам одеяла. — Katheriinne
deWir versorgten die Flüchtlinge mit Decken. — xtofu80
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Origin
From French réfugié, past participle of réfugier (“to take refuge, to seek refuge”), fromFrom French réfugié, past participle of réfugier (“to take refuge, to seek refuge”), from Old French refuge (“hiding place”) from Latin refugium (“a place of refuge, place to flee back to”), originally describing French Huguenots fleeing religious persecution after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Noun sense 1 was "one seeking asylum" until 1914, when it evolved to mean more generally "one fleeing home" (first applied in this sense to civilians in Flanders heading west to escape fighting in World War I). By surface analysis, refuge + -ee. Displaced native Old English flīema.
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