relocatees

noun

plural of relocatee
as in refugees

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  1. refugees
  2. immigrants
  3. evacuees
  4. emigrants
  5. expatriates
  6. migrants
  7. defectors
Noun
  • After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lamin has led a peaceful campaign supporting the right of Western Sahara to self-determination, a dream of Sahrawi refugees that has been frustrated for more than half a century.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of refugees
Noun
  • The hospital is 2½ hours from the nearest big city, Bismarck, North Dakota, where immigrants fly in and are picked up by hospital staff for the drive down to Hettinger.
    — Evelio Contreras, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • So would Hilton at least be an advocate for undocumented immigrants?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of immigrants
Noun
  • While emergency crews were largely able to mitigate the impact of the tank crisis, evacuees were kept away from their homes for nearly a week as the situation developed.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • By then, hordes of evacuees from the North Tower were walking north on Sixth Avenue to escape the terror.
    — Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of evacuees
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 emigrants
Noun
  • With expatriates making up nearly 90% of the UAE’s population, remittances are a prize worth billions.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • First published by Scribner in 1926, The Sun Also Rises follows American journalist Jake Barnes and a circle of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona in the years following the First World War.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of expatriates
Noun
  • The Coast Guard could not confirm Monday if the people on board were migrants because interviews with survivors had not yet been conducted.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of migrants
Noun
  • Its policy is to accept and support defectors from North Korea; more than 34,000 have arrived since the end of the Korean War.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The South legally regards the North as part of its territory and has a policy of accepting and financially supporting North Korean defectors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of defectors
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“Relocatees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocatees. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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