evacuee

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 02:53, 29 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: évacuée

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French évacué, évacuée, from évacuer.

Noun

evacuee (plural evacuees)

  1. A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war
    • 2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=evacuee&oldid=54382713"