displaced person
noun/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn/
/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːrsn/
(plural displaced persons or displaced people)
(specialist)- a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because of war, a natural disaster, etc. synonym refugee compare internally displaced personTopics Social issuesc2, War and conflictc2
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