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asylees

asylees is the plural of asylee.

Meaning of asylee

Noun

asylee (plural asylees)

  1. A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
    • At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […]1981 July 31, UPI, “REAGAN'S STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 May 2022

Questions about asylees

What is asylees the plural of?
Asylees is the plural of asylee.

Words near asylees in the dictionary

  1. aswoon
  2. ASX
  3. Asya
  4. asyla
  5. asylee
  6. asylees
  7. asyllabic
  8. asyllabical
  9. asylophobic
  10. asylum
  11. asylum hotel

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