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Webster 1913 Edition
Refugee
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 NantesWebster 1828 Edition
Refugee
REFUGEE'
,Noun.
1.
One who flies to a shelter or place of safety.2.
One who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign country for safety; as the French refugees, who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantz, and settled in Flanders and America; the refugees from Hispaniola, in 1792; and the American refugees, who left their country at the revolution.