displaced person

displaced person
A product of the ravages of war; a person left in a foreign country without a home because of a war.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Displaced Person — (DP; engl. für eine „Person, die nicht an diesem Ort beheimatet ist“) war die Bezeichnung des Hauptquartiers der alliierten Streitkräfte (SHAEF) für eine Zivilperson, die sich kriegsbedingt außerhalb ihres Heimatstaates aufhält und ohne Hilfe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Displaced Person (TV) — Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection. The title of the story in that… …   Wikipedia

  • displaced person — displaced persons N COUNT A displaced person is someone who has been forced to leave the place where they live, especially because of a war …   English dictionary

  • displaced person — n. a person forced from his or her country, esp. as a result of war, and left homeless elsewhere …   English World dictionary

  • displaced person — index derelict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Displaced person — A displaced person (sometimes abbreviated DP) is a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place, a phenomenon known as forced migration. Contents 1 Origin of term 2 International law aspects 3 Derogatory Term …   Wikipedia

  • Displaced Person — Dis|placed Per|son 〈[dısplɛıst pœ:sn] f.; , s; Abk.: D. P.〉 im 2. Weltkrieg nach Deutschland (od. in die von deutschen Truppen besetzten Gebiete) verschleppte Person [engl., „verschleppte Person“] * * * Dis|placed Per|son [ dɪspleɪsd pə:sn̩ ],… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • displaced person — UK [ˌdɪspleɪst ˈpɜː(r)s(ə)n] / US [ˌdɪspleɪst ˈpɜrs(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms displaced person : singular displaced person plural displaced persons someone who has been forced to leave their own country and live somewhere else, for example …   English dictionary

  • displaced person — noun a person forced to flee from home or country • Syn: ↑DP, ↑stateless person • Hypernyms: ↑refugee * * * diˌsplaced ˈperson [displaced person] n …   Useful english dictionary

  • Displaced Person — Dis|placed Per|son [dis pleist pə:sn] die; , s <aus engl. displaced person »verschleppte Person«> Bez. für einen Ausländer, der im 2. Weltkrieg nach Deutschland verschleppt wurde; <ausländischer Zwangsarbeiter; Abk.: D. P …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • displaced person — perkeltasis asmuo statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Civilis, kuris ne savo noru yra už savo valstybės ribų. atitikmenys: angl. displaced person pranc. personne deplacée ryšiai: dar žiūrėk – evakuojamieji dar žiūrėk – pabėgėliai …   NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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