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displaced person

dis·placed per·son
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dis-pleyst pur-suh n]
    • /dɪsˈpleɪst ˈpɜr sən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dis-pleyst pur-suh n]
    • /dɪsˈpleɪst ˈpɜr sən/

Definitions of displaced person words

  • noun displaced person a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P. 1
  • noun displaced person refugee, sb driven from homeland 1
  • countable noun displaced person A displaced person is someone who has been forced to leave the place where they live, especially because of a war. 0
  • noun displaced person a person forced from his or her home or country, esp by war or revolution 0
  • noun displaced person a person forced from his or her country, esp. as a result of war, and left homeless elsewhere 0
  • noun displaced person a refugee, especially of war or of forced migration. 0
See all 6 definitions of displaced person

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Origin of displaced person

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Displaced person

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Displaced person

displaced person popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for displaced person

noun displaced person

  • persona non grata — a person who is not welcome: He has become persona non grata in our club since his angry outburst.
  • undesirable — not desirable or attractive; objectionable: undesirable qualities.
  • dp — 1. data processing. According to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a suit. See DPer. 2. dot pitch. 3. Dissociated Press.
All 4 Synonyms of displaced person

Antonyms for displaced person

noun displaced person

  • addressee — The addressee of a letter or parcel is the person or company that it is addressed to.
  • addressees — the person, company, or the like to whom a piece of mail is addressed.
  • indweller — to inhabit.
  • occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
  • occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
All 5 Antonyms of displaced person

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