Meanings
noundisplaced person (plural displaced persons or displaced people)
plural displaced persons · plural displaced people
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 難民 /难民
- 難民 /难民 (nànmín)refugee
Finnish pakolainen
- pakolainenrefugee
French personne déplacée
- personne déplacéerefugee
German Displaced Person, DP
- Displaced Personrefugee
- DPrefugee
Italian profugo di guerra, sfollato
- profugo di guerrarefugee
- sfollatorefugee
Korean 실향민
- 실향민 (silhyangmin)refugee
Russian перемещённое лицо́
- перемещённое лицо́ (peremeščónnoje licó)refugee
Spanish persona desplazada
- persona desplazadarefugee
Ukrainian перемі́щена осо́ба
- перемі́щена осо́ба (peremíščena osóba)refugee
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APA
displaced person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displaced%20person
MLA
“displaced person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displaced%20person. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “displaced person,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displaced%20person.
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