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noun
One who flees or takes flight; an escapee, fugitive, or refugee.
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noun
A young or little flyer (person or creature that flies).
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History
From flight (“fleeing”) + -ling. Cognate with West Frisian flechtling (“refugee”), Dutch vluchteling (“refugee”), German Low German Flüchtling (“refugee”), German Flüchtling (“refugee”). Compare also Danish flygtning (“refugee”), Swedish flykting (“refugee”), Norwegian flyktning (“refugee”).
From flight (“flying”) + -ling.
