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

Word History and Origins

Origin of displaced person¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“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

In the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip, five members of the Abu Arab family were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a tent sheltering displaced persons.

From BBC

Truman was deeply moved by the plight of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust stranded in displaced persons camps in Europe.

From BBC

Some people who relocate to nearby areas may be counted as internally displaced persons, or IDPs, if they register with authorities, Williams explained.

From Salon

Related Words

• expatriate