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economic refugee

economic refugee noun: a person fleeing poverty rather than political persecution or the results of a natural disaster.

Noun

economic refugee (plural economic refugees)

  1. A person fleeing poverty rather than political persecution or the results of a natural disaster.
    • Many people objected to the government allowing entry to so many economic refugees.

Forms of economic refugee

pluraleconomic refugees

Questions about economic refugee

What does economic refugee mean?
Economic refugee means a person fleeing poverty rather than political persecution or the results of a natural disaster.
What part of speech is economic refugee?
Economic refugee is a noun.
What is the plural of economic refugee?
The plural of economic refugee is economic refugees.

Words near economic refugee in the dictionary

  1. economic nationalism
  2. economic nationalisms
  3. economic output
  4. economic outputs
  5. economic rationalism
  6. economic refugee
  7. economic refugees
  8. economic rent
  9. economic rents
  10. economic scenario generator
  11. economic scenario generators

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