relocatee

noun

Definition of relocateenext
as in refugee

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  1. refugee
  2. expatriate
  3. defector
  4. in-migrant
  5. immigrant
  6. exile
  7. migrant
  8. emigrant
Noun
  • Kamiński left Poland as a political refugee in 1981, dreaming of American movies.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In the short, a group of refugees from a post-apocalyptic Earth search for a new planet to call home.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • But unlike most Israeli expatriates, his return voyage was a 10,000-mile, 30-plus-hour odyssey from a remote sheep station in the Australian outback to his village in the Galilee, in northern Israel.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Thousands of Serb expatriates in the United States, Australia and New Zealand face the same problem.
    — Branimir Pipal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of expatriate
Noun
  • With his bloc eight seats short, Netanyahu would need eight individual defectors, setting a high bar.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • And their escape routes are narrowing; since Kim sealed off the borders during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of North Korean defectors reaching South Korea has plummeted.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of defector
Noun
  • Since the 2020 census the city has lost over 20,000 residents; net domestic out-migration last year alone was over 6,000, only partially offset by 2,000 international in-migrants.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of in-migrant
Noun
  • Guandique, who as the daughter Colombian and Ecuadorian immigrants is bilingual herself, sees it at her school in New York.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Miller has long sought to jail journalists, undermine the authority of judges, surge armed soldiers into American streets and suspend the writ of habeas corpus, a legal process that allows immigrants to challenge their detention.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of immigrant
Noun
  • Much of the work here is quietly devastating in evoking absence, fear and exile.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • His writing explores themes of exile, dispossession, birth, and resurrection.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of exile
Noun
  • Last New Year’s Eve, a boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off the coast of Gambia.
    — Eve Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Some in the caravans gathering this week hope that after the elections, migrants might receive better treatment at the hands of US immigration officials.
    — Merlín Delcid, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of emigrant
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“Relocatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocatee. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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