"boat person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boat people [plural], boat persons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|boat people|boat persons}} boat person (plural boat people or boat persons)
  1. A member of any of the ethnic or refugee groups known as "boat people". Categories (topical): People Translations (member of boat people): 船民 (chuánmín) (Chinese Mandarin), venepakolainen (Finnish), boat-people [feminine, masculine] (French), Bootsflüchtling [masculine] (German), «челове́к с ло́дки» (alt: «čelovék s lódki») [masculine] (Russian), người thuyền nhân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-boat_person-en-noun-JNBLHpT7 Disambiguation of People: 90 10 0 Disambiguation of 'member of boat people': 88 6 6
  2. Alternative form of boatperson Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boatperson
    Sense id: en-boat_person-en-noun-~8k~XGNs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 62 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 56 10
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boat, person. Translations (person who enjoys boats): 喜歡船的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜欢船的人 (xǐhuān chuán de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), veneihminen (Finnish), Bootsliebhaber [masculine] (German), båtmänniska [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boat_person-en-noun-T5U6w7ih Disambiguation of 'person who enjoys boats': 25 10 65

Inflected forms

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