Definitions for refugee

refugee ref·u·gee

Spelling: [ref-yoo-jee, ref-yoo-jee]
IPA: /ˌrɛf yʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf yʊˌdʒi/

Refugee is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in refugee (eeefgru).

Definitions for refugee

noun

  1. a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
  2. political refugee.

Origin of refugee

1675-85; French réfugié, past participle of réfugier to take refuge. See refuge, -ee

Examples for refugee

The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.

Some said his father was a Russian refugee, his mother a Mongol woman.

Today, she and her family are among the 13,500 Syrian refugee families living in Concern-supported housing in northern Lebanon.

Mr. Grindrod and I engaged in reading together "The refugee."

He had no wish to provoke a conflict, but he had no thought of surrendering the refugee.

His father was a refugee from France, and desired to let a part of his house.

Never mind, I'll pay you as much as a refugee—within reason.

refugee camps played a crucial role during the Second Intifada.

In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee.

“The situation is no longer under control,” says Ehab, a resident of al-Amari refugee camp outside Ramallah.

Word Value for refugee
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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