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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 authorityplay

  Familiarity information: DEPORTEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEPORTEE (noun)


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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