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DEPORTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deportee mean?
• DEPORTEE (noun)
The noun DEPORTEE has 1 sense:
1. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
Familiarity information: DEPORTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is expelled from home or country by authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
deportee; exile
Hypernyms ("deportee" is a kind of...):
alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)
Derivation:
deport (expel from a country)
deport (hand over to the authorities of another country)
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