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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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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

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Origin of displaced person

First recorded in 1940–45
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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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