evacuee
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5.1
- noun
- /ɪˌvækjuˈiː/
:
evacuado
- After the hurricane hit, many evacuees were moved to safe shelters in neighboring towns.
- help evacuees
- number of evacuees
- victims and evacuees
Examples
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During the evacuation, volunteers provided food and water to the evacuees waiting for assistance.
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I also matched up evacuees with churches that had offered housing and jobs to evacuees.
Blog text (3) -
And about 50 percent of evacuees had no health insurance.
Academic text (2006) -
You know, the way evacuees were sent in groups to safe places during the Second World War.
Fiction book (1996) -
Later, we go live to a tense scene some 300 miles north where evacuees battle to stock up on food and water.
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The NAACP helped California evacuees upon their return and supported legal efforts on their behalf.
Academic text (1995) -
New York City Rescue Mission is housing evacuees and needs food, water, and generators.
Blog text (5) -
Other Long Island and New York City evacuees have taken to the Hampton Inn for refuge.
Blog text (6) -
Four events occurred in the area near the schools' swimming pool, which resulted in 2,796 evacuees.
Academic text (2002) -
One hundred and fifty-six victims and 5,286 evacuees were associated with these events.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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5.3
A person forced to leave their home or country because it is not safe
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8.5
A person moved to safety from a dangerous place
How Displaced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evacuee comes from the verb evacuate, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'empty', the same idea you find in vacant and vacuum. So an evacuee is someone who is sent out of a dangerous place to make the area empty and to keep that person safe.