Asylee

//əsaɪˈli// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

Related phrases

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