REFUGE


Meaning of REFUGE in English

n. 1 a shelter from pursuit or danger or trouble. 2 a person or place etc. offering this. 3 a person, thing, or course resorted to in difficulties. 4 a traffic island.

[ ME f. OF f. L refugium (as RE-, fugere flee) ]

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