evacuee

evacuee
   a German citizen killed by the Nazis
   Mainly Jews, who were forcibly driven from their homes:
    People have long been saying that many of the evacuees don't even arrive in Poland alive. They are being gassed in cattle trucks during the journey. (Klemperer, 1999, in translationdiary entry 27 February 1943)
   The evacuation was to extermination camps:
    She was successfully retained by her company, at the last moment, from an evacuation group, (ibid. — those who think all Germans were equally guilty of such atrocity should read Klemperer: correction, everyone should read Klemperer)
    So deportation [from France] was labelled Evakuierung (evacuation)... (Ousby, 1997)

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  • evacuee — 1934, from Fr. évacué, from évacuer; see EVACUATE (Cf. evacuate) + EE (Cf. ee) …   Etymology dictionary

  • evacuee — ► NOUN ▪ a person evacuated from a place of danger …   English terms dictionary

  • evacuee — [ē vak΄yo͞o ē′, ēvak′yo͞o ē΄; ivak΄yo͞o ē′, ivak′yo͞o ē΄] n. a person evacuated from an area of danger …   English World dictionary

  • evacuee — UK [ɪˌvækjuˈiː] / US [ɪˌvækjuˈɪ] noun [countable] Word forms evacuee : singular evacuee plural evacuees someone who is moved away from their home because of a dangerous situation such as a war …   English dictionary

  • évacuée — ● évacué, évacuée nom Habitant d une zone de combat ou d une zone sinistrée ou dangereuse, contraint de quitter son domicile. Blessé ou malade dirigé vers un établissement ou une formation sanitaire, en temps de guerre …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • evacuee — [[t]ɪvæ̱kjui͟ː[/t]] evacuees N COUNT An evacuee is someone who has been sent away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe, especially during a war …   English dictionary

  • evacuee — A civilian removed from a place of residence by military direction for reasons of personal security or the requirements of the military situation. See also displaced person; expellee; refugee …   Military dictionary

  • evacuee — noun Date: 1918 an evacuated person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • evacuee — /i vak yooh ee , i vak yooh ee /, n. a person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger, a disaster area, etc. [1935 40; < F évacué, ptp. of évacuer to EVACUATE; see EE] * * * …   Universalium

  • evacuee — noun A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war …   Wiktionary

  • evacuee — Synonyms and related words: DP, absconder, bolter, displaced person, eloper, emigrant, emigre, escapee, evacue, exile, expatriate, fleer, fugitive, immigrant, in migrant, migrant, migrator, migratory worker, out migrant, refugee, runagate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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