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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refugee \Ref`u*gee"\ (r?f`?*j?"), n. [F. r['e]fugi['e], fr se
r['e]fugier 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
refugee
n : an exile who flees for safety
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