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expellee

noun
ex·​pel·​lee | \ ˌek-ˌspe-ˈlē How to pronounce expellee (audio) , ik-\

Definition of expellee

: a person who is expelled especially from a native or adopted country

Examples of expellee in a Sentence

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 Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old expellee, had brought an assault rifle to his former school Wednesday and opened fire, killing 17 people. — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, "Parkland Shooting Reverberates In Connecticut, Still Haunted By Sandy Hook," 16 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of expellee

1888, in the meaning defined above

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