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Definition of displaced person noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

displaced person

noun

/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn/

/dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːrsn/

(plural displaced persons or displaced people)

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a person who has been forced to leave their country or home, because of war, a natural disaster, etc. synonym refugee compare internally displaced personTopics Social issuesc2, War and conflictc2

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