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expatriate

noun

Definition of EXPATRIATE

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons <while in exile, the deposed king was accompanied by a small band of loyal expatriates>

Synonyms deportee, evacuee, exile, expat [chiefly British], expatriate, refugee

Related Words alien, fugitive; castoff, outcast, pariah; loyalist, patriot

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