noun. One who flees, especially to another country, seeking refuge from war, political oppression, religious persecution, or a natural disaster.

To become a refugee; take refuge in another country; specifically, during the civil war in the United States, to take refuge in the Northern States: said of unionists in the Southern States.

noun. One who flees to a refuge or shelter or place of safety.

noun. One who in times of persecution or political commotion flees to a foreign country for safety.

noun. One of a band of marauders during the American Revolution: so called because they placed themselves under the refuge or protection of the British crown: same as cow-boy, 3.

noun. A unionist in the southern United States who, during the civil war, fled to the Northern States.

noun. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

noun. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety.

noun. A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.

noun. A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.

noun. A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.

noun. A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

noun. an exile who flees for safety