displaced person

Definitions of displaced person
  1. noun
    a person forced to flee from home or country
    synonyms: apatride, d.p., dp, staatloze
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    type of:
    emigrant, hugenoot, ontheemde, refugié, uitgewekene, uitwijkeling, vluchteling
    an exile who flees for safety
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