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.

Origin of displaced person

First recorded in 1940–45

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Related Words for displaced person

expatriate, exile, undesirable, D.P., DP

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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