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deportee

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of deportee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons

  • the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
Synonyms of deportee

émigré (also emigré), evacuee, exile, expat [chiefly British], expatriate, refugee
Words Related to deportee

alien, fugitive

castoff, outcast, pariah

loyalist, patriot

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