Refugee

(ref-u-je'.) [From L. refugio, I take shelter in.] One who in times of religious persecution or civil or political commotion, flees to a foreign country for refuge and protection. The term was in the first place applied to those French Protestants who, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, fled their country to avoid persecution. See EMIGRÉS. [s. 1]