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displaced person

Syllables: dis·placed per·sonUK/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn̩/US/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜɹs(ə)n/

displaced person noun: a refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.

displaced person: a refugee, especially of war or of forced migration
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Noun

displaced person (plural displaced persons or displaced people)

  1. A refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.
    Synonyms:
    DP

displaced person meaning in Tamil

displaced person in Tamil

இடம்பெயர்ந்த ஆள்

Synonyms of displaced person

Forms of displaced person

pluraldisplaced persons
pluraldisplaced people

Origin of displaced person

From displaced + person.

Words that rhyme with displaced person

Questions about displaced person

What does displaced person mean?
Displaced person means a refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.
What is displaced person in Tamil?
Displaced person in Tamil is இடம்பெயர்ந்த ஆள். See Displaced person meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is displaced person?
Displaced person is a noun.
How do you pronounce displaced person?
Displaced person is pronounced /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of displaced person?
The plural of displaced person is displaced persons.

Words near displaced person in the dictionary

  1. displaceable
  2. displaced
  3. displaced homemaker
  4. displaced homemakers
  5. displaced people
  6. displaced person
  7. displaced persons
  8. displacee
  9. displacees
  10. displacement
  11. displacement activities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: displaced person (page history and authors); displaced person (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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