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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One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2025 One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet Saturday after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before. arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025 Tourism was about to nosedive throughout the country, but the resort was busy, scrambling to accommodate hundreds of evacuees who had just arrived from Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the communities near the Gaza Strip which Hamas had struck. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 Related article Vietnam War Fast Facts Landing on the roof, the Sea Knight took on another stream of evacuees – and no Ambassador Martin. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 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 19 Jul. 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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