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refugitives

refugitives is the plural of refugitive.

Meaning of refugitive

Noun

refugitive (plural refugitives)

  1. A fugitive who seeks refuge in another state or country.
    • Defeated in 1836, a rebel and a refugitive in 1837, an exile struggling with misfortune and, at the best, uncongenial conditions for a long term of years, Mackenzie was not only restored to Canada, but again had a constituency at his back and ...1979, William Lesueur & McKillop, William Lyon Mackenzie, →ISBN, page 366

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Questions about refugitives

What is refugitives the plural of?
Refugitives is the plural of refugitive.

Words near refugitives in the dictionary

  1. Refugian
  2. refuging
  3. Refugio
  4. Refugio County
  5. refugitive
  6. refugitives
  7. refugium
  8. refugiums
  9. refujew
  10. refujews
  11. refulge

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