| 1. | lacking a home, country, etc. |
| 2. | moved or put out of the usual or proper place. |
| 3. | (used with a plural verb ) persons who lack a home, as through political exile, destruction of their previous shelter, or lack of financial resources (usually prec. by the): After the earthquake, the displaced were temporarily housed in armories. |
| 1. | to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc. |
| 2. | to move or put out of the usual or proper place. |
| 3. | to take the place of; replace; supplant: Fiction displaces fact. |
| 4. | to remove from a position, office, or dignity. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to rid oneself of. |