displaced person

American  

noun

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

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displaced person British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of displaced person

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

After the war, he lived in a camp for displaced persons in Eschwege, Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the residents of the El Miskin camp for internally displaced persons, on the outskirts of town, there is no "business, no farmland, no proper living conditions, no schools", said camp chairman Hashim El Miskin.

From Barron's

For the residents of the El Miskin camp for internally displaced persons, on the outskirts of town, there is no "business,... no farmland, no proper living conditions, no schools", said camp chairman Hashim El Miskin.

From Barron's

“I’m talking to you now as a displaced person, along with what’s left of my clan, all of us spread out in different parts of Gaza,” Dughmush said.

From Los Angeles Times

It also talked about the "facilitation of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons".

From BBC

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