"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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 63 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 63 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 76 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 56 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 65 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 68 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 56 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 30 43 27
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boat, person. Translations (person who enjoys boats): 喜歡船的人 /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': 23 20 58

Inflected forms

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