evacuee

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/ɪˌvæk.juˈiː/

noun

A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war

Meanings

nounevacuee (plural evacuees)

plural evacuees

  1. A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war
    1 more example

    In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice. […] Confusion about who was in charge made the chaos worse, said Annette Bethea, 49, another evacuee from the Rockaways.

    2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023

Origin

  1. Frenchévacué
  2. Englishevacuee

From French évacué, évacuée, from évacuer, equivalent to evacu(ate) + -ee.

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Translations

Arabic مُرَحَّل
  • مُرَحَّل (muraḥḥal)person
Dutch evacué
  • evacuéperson
Indonesian pengungsi
  • pengungsiperson
Malay pemindah
  • pemindahperson
Polish ewakuant, ewakuantka
  • ewakuantperson
  • ewakuantkaperson
Cite this entry
APA

evacuee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuee

MLA

“evacuee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evacuee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuee.

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