Asylee
//əsaɪˈli// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
"At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […]"
Example
More examples"At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […]"
Etymology
From asylum + -ee.
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