escaper

noun

Definition of escapernext
as in refugee

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  1. refugee
  2. visitor
  3. exile
  4. tourist
  5. emigrant
  6. defector
  7. expatriate
Noun
  • Born in Jerusalem, Said was displaced, along with his refugee family, in 1948, with the founding of Israel.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Arendt worked for Youth Aliyah, which sent Jewish refugee teen-agers, largely unemployable in France, to kibbutzim in Palestine.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • Some visitors say paying respects at Yasukuni carries a spiritual meaning that should not be equated with endorsing war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The model can be found inside the visitor complex at the Crazy Horse Tourist Center.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of visitor
Noun
  • While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Attacks could draw retaliation and reignite Yemen’s war Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen, forcing the government into exile.
    — Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of exile
Noun
  • The Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District said the opening matters because the neighborhood is more than a tourist stop.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Police allege the man entered South Korea on a tourist visa several times from January 2024 and stayed about a week for each trip.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of tourist
Noun
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of emigrant
Noun
  • But intelligence officials previously told The Associated Press that Russia’s security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after Russian activists and foreign supporters of Ukraine as well as military defectors.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But intelligence officials previously told The Associated Press that Russia's security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after Russian activists and foreign supporters of Ukraine as well as military defectors.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of defector
Noun
  • Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of expatriate
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“Escaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaper. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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