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 a person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger, a disaster area, etc.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

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

Many of the shelters are plagued by lack of maintenance, ill-equipped to handle large numbers of evacuees.

From Los Angeles Times

Schools have been hastily converted into shelters for the streams of evacuees coming from the south.

From BBC

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