REFUGEE
NOUNS, PERSON
1913 ► a refugee → BASTI
1940 ► displaced person; a person driven from their home by war and cared for in refugee camps → D.P. → Amer. sl.
1941 ► a European refugee, esp. one who left Germany or German-occupied Europe before World War II → REFFO → Aust. sl.
1990 ► a Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida after a journey on a raft → RAFTER → US sl.
VERBS
1965 ► to escape; to become a refugee or emigrant → VOTE WITH ONE’S FEET → sl.
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