expellee

[ ek-spe-lee, -spuh-, ik-spel-ee ]

noun

1. a person who has been expelled, especially one deported from a native or adopted country and resettled in another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expellee¹

First recorded in 1885–90; expel + -ee

Example Sentences

“While a serial prep-school expellee, he became a serious reader of 19th-century novels,” he wrote of Mr. Penske.

From New York Times

For others, long residents of France, there was the fear that the new entry, "Expellee," on their identity cards might end all hope of ever acquiring French citizenship.

From Time Magazine Archive

The expellee Evangelical Bishop of Schleswig-Holstein resigned in protest; the Socialist chairman of the Expellees' Federation cried out against the offense to Heimatsrecht.

From Time Magazine Archive