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View synonyms for displaced person

displaced person

noun

  1. a person driven or expelled from their homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. DP, D.P.

displaced person

noun

  1. DP. a person forced from his home or country, esp by war or revolution

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Word History and Origins

Origin of displaced person1

First recorded in 1940–45

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