noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A deported person.

   "That year ICE also said the average cost of transporting one deportee to their home country was $1,978."

2. 2
   a person who is expelled from home or country by authority wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

displaced persondpexileexilestateless persontransport

Example

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"That year ICE also said the average cost of transporting one deportee to their home country was $1,978."

Etymology

From deport + -ee.

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