Definition of Refugie
Ref`u*gee" (r?f`?*j?"), n. [F.
réfugié, fr. se réfugier 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
- 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
- a person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster
- a person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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