evacuee

[ ih-vak-yoo-ee, ih-vak-yoo-ee ]

noun

1. a person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger, a disaster area, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of evacuee¹

1935–40; < French évacué, past participle of évacuer to evacuate; -ee

Example Sentences

In an adjacent auditorium, dimly lit and warmed by a single bar heater, elderly evacuees are being looked after by volunteers.

From BBC

So were their two desert tortoises, now living as evacuees in my Alhambra backyard.

From Los Angeles Times

By late afternoon, roughly a hundred evacuees had taken shelter inside.

From Los Angeles Times

He said there are insufficient shelters to accommodate so many evacuees.

From BBC

Mr O’Hurley flew to the Beirut on Wednesday and had secured a seat for the Belfast-born child on a plane carrying evacuees on Thursday – but that flight took off without him.

From BBC

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