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displaced person

–noun
a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.

Origin:
1940–45
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displaced person  
n.  One who has been driven from one's homeland by war or internal upheaval.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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