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Refugee

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Refugee
Refugee Ref`u*gee" (r?f`?*j?"), n. [F. r['e]fugi['e], fr. se r['e]fugier to take refuge. See {Refuge}, n.] 1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. [1913 Webster]

2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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Фильмы

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