refugees
US/ˈɹɛfjud͡ʒiz/
refugees is the plural of refugee.
refugees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of refugee.
Meaning of refugee
Noun
refugee (plural refugees)
- A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
- In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 78–79
- A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
Phrases with refugees
Words that rhyme with refugees
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
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- Congolese
- dees
- disease
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- Japanese
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- overseas
- pease
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- Portuguese
- sneeze
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- bes
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- blue cheese
- botanese
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- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
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- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about refugees
- What is refugees the plural of?
- Refugees is the plural of refugee.
- How do you pronounce refugees?
- Refugees is pronounced /ˈɹɛfjud͡ʒiz/ (US).
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