displaced person

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noun

a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.

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Origin of displaced person

First recorded in 1940–45

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LGBTQ youth are some of the most marginalized and displaced persons, and our program seeks to provide support, vital resources and transitional housing to these persons.
Baltimore shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth vandalized|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|October 11, 2021|Washington Blade
“I found him to to be an interesting person,” Krauss said of the first impression.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
Antonio Weiss Is Not Part of the Problem|Steve Rattner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What I had “on the girls” were some remarkably brave first-person accounts.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Scalise never would have spoken to EURO had Duke been there in person.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Pentagon leaders agree to a person that the U.S. war against ISIS is succeeding.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
He wished her mother had not been quite such an appalling person, fat and painted.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
But she told Grandfather Mole that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for displaced person

displaced person

noun

a person forced from his home or country, esp by war or revolutionAbbreviation: DP

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displaced person

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