vluchteling — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alien noun A being from another planet.
- fugitive noun A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.
- refugee noun A person who has fled their home country to escape war, persecution, or disaster.
- runaway noun Someone (or something) that has fled or escaped, especially a person who has left home.
Senses
vluchteling is used for these senses in English:
- alien (sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
- fugitive A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
- refugee (attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]
- runaway A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
alien — full definition
- noun A being from another planet.
- noun A foreign citizen living in a country where they do not hold citizenship.
- adj Very strange or unfamiliar.
- verb (formal, law) To transfer ownership of property to someone else.
fugitive — full definition
- noun A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.
- adjective Fleeing or running away.
- adjective Lasting only a short time; fleeting.