evacuee

/ɪˈvækjui/

Other forms: evacuees

If a person is rescued and removed from a dangerous place, they are an evacuee. During World War II, many evacuees were moved from dense cities to the countryside.

When someone is evacuated, or taken away from an unsafe location, that person becomes an evacuee. If an entire family is rescued from a burning building by firefighters, they are all evacuees. Most evacuees have been saved from immediate physical harm, whether from dangerous chemicals, fire, or war. The Latin root is evacuare, "to clear out."

Definitions of evacuee

1. noun

   a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
   type of:

   migrant, migrator

   traveler who moves from one region or country to another