deportee

Other forms: deportees

Definitions of deportee
  1. noun
    a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
    synonyms: exile
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    type of:
    alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
    a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
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