A person who is forced to leave their home or a place because of danger, such as a war, natural disaster, or emergency.
From evacuate (Latin 'evacuare' meaning to empty) plus the suffix -ee (denoting a person affected by an action). The word emerged in English during World War II when large populations were moved from cities.
The term 'evacuee' became a household word during WWII when over 3 million British children were relocated from cities to the countryside—some didn't reunite with their parents for years, creating one of history's largest involuntary migrations of civilians.
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