evacuee

noun

evac·​u·​ee i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwē How to pronounce evacuee (audio)
-kyü-ˈē-
: an evacuated person

Examples of evacuee in a Sentence

One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm. the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters
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Standing near horse trailers, members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff Phelan Posse 303 were positioned along Bear Valley Road ready to help evacuees. Brian Day, USA Today, 12 June 2025 After the chaotic American military withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Kosovo agreed to host Afghan evacuees who required extra vetting due to security flags. / Cbs News, CBS News, 11 June 2025 Qasem Hassan responded to the joint letter by sending Clalit photographs of herself treating evacuees from Kibbutz Be’eri. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 Some evacuees also went in the wrong direction, driving from higher ground into lower-lying areas in an attempt to flee. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for evacuee

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of evacuee was in 1918

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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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evacuee

noun
evac·​u·​ee i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē How to pronounce evacuee (audio)
: an evacuated person
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