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evacuee

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˌvæk.juˈiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 V AE1 K Y UW0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IY0 V AE1 K Y UW0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: migrant, migrator

History

Etymology

From French évacué, évacuée, from évacuer, equivalent to evacu(ate) + -ee.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُرَحَّل (muraḥḥal) — person
  • Dutch: evacué — person
  • Indonesian: pengungsi — person
  • Kazakh: эвакуацияланған (évakuasiälanğan) — person
  • Kazakh: эвакуацияланған адам (évakuasiälanğan adam) — person
  • Malay: pemindah — person
  • Polish: ewakuant — person
  • Polish: ewakuantka — person