evacuee

noun

evac·​u·​ee i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwē How to pronounce evacuee (audio)
-kyü-ˈē-
: an evacuated person

Examples of evacuee in a Sentence

One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm. the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters
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Subsequent flights from an offshore US Navy ship were greeted with more and more evacuees – and no US envoy. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 There will be scams and gouging galore, even though some hotels and merchants now are offering deep discounts to fire evacuees. Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025 In those frantic final moments, here's what some evacuees took with them before their houses burned to the ground. Ryan Kellman, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025 These tasks can help ease the burden on the hosts and return a sense of normalcy for evacuees. Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evacuee

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of evacuee was in 1918

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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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evacuee

noun
evac·​u·​ee i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē How to pronounce evacuee (audio)
: an evacuated person
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