Refugee vs Itinerant - What's the difference?
refugee | itinerant | Related terms |
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
(transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
Habitually travelling from place to place.
* Blackstone
One who travels from place to place.
(Ireland) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Refugee is a related term of itinerant.
As nouns the difference between refugee and itinerant
is that refugee is a person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, ie, a person seeking a political asylum while itinerant is a homeless person.As a verb refugee
is (transitive|us|historical) to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.As an adjective itinerant is
which travels to perform its functions.refugee
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* reffo * refugeehoodSee also
* asylum * economic asylum * political asylum * refuge * refoulement * citizenshipless * countryless * nationlessVerb
itinerant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an itinerant preacher or peddler
- The king's own courts were then itinerant , being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.