boat people
boat peo·ple
B b Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [boht pee-puh l]
- /boʊt ˈpi pəl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [boht pee-puh l]
- /boʊt ˈpi pəl/
Definitions of boat people words
- noun plural boat people Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there. 3
- noun plural boat people refugees, esp from Vietnam in the late 1970s, who leave by boat hoping to be picked up by ships of another country 3
- noun boat people refugees from a certain country or region who try to immigrate to some other country, using small boats; specif., such refugees from Southeast Asia in the late 1970s 3
- noun boat people Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly (historical) those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s. 0
- noun boat people An ethnic group who principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly, the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia. 0
- noun boat people plural of boat person. 0
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Origin of boat people
First appearance:
before 1975 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1975-80
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Boat people
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boat people popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
boat people usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boat people
noun boat people
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- renegade — a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
Antonyms for boat people
noun boat people
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
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