pengungsi — meaning in English

English meaning

• evacuee noun A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war
• refugee noun A person who has fled their home country to escape war, persecution, or disaster.

Senses

pengungsi is used for these senses in English:

• evacuee A person who has been evacuated, especially a civilian evacuated from a dangerous place in time of war
• 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]