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boat people noun

  • (historical) refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
 Boatpeople, Bootsflüchtling
  • An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.
 Bootmenschen, Schiffsvolk

boat person noun

  • A member of any of the ethnic or refugee groups known as "boat people".
 Bootsflüchtling
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boat,‎ person.
 Bootsliebhaber
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