evacuee

[ ih-vak-yoo-ee, ih-vak-yoo-ee ]
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noun
  1. a person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger, a disaster area, etc.

Origin of evacuee

1
1935–40; <French évacué, past participle of évacuer to evacuate; see -ee

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evacuee

/ (ɪˌvækjʊˈiː) /


noun
  1. a person evacuated from a place of danger, esp in wartime

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