Usually means: Person fleeing conflict or persecution.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word refugee:

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

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. refugee: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. refugee: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refugee: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  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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American English Definition British English Definition
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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