What is another word for exiles?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛɡza͡ɪlz] (IPA)

Exiles are individuals who have been banished from their home country or forced to leave due to political or social reasons. In literature, there are numerous synonyms used to depict people who have been exiled. Some of these words include castaway, expatriate, deportee, emigrant, fugitive, and outcast. These words are often used interchangeably to describe characters who are separated from their homeland or people who have lost their citizenship. While each synonym has a unique interpretation and context, they all share the same theme of displacement and longing for home. Through literature, these words remind us of the struggles faced by those forced to leave their homes and communities behind.

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Usage examples for Exiles

But nowadays the thoughts of men circulate all over the world, and the exiles from Russia had absorbed Marxian ideas, and were not prepared to accept a purely political freedom.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
She told how she had persisted in going with him, even at the cost of dressing in the garb of the exiles from the prisons and pretending to be one of the condemned.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
"O, ye exiles, who so long wander over the world, Where will ye find a resting place for your weary steps?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine

Famous quotes with Exiles

  • She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
    Andy Garcia
  • Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped.
    Tony Greig
  • My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.
    Camille Paglia
  • Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
    Salman Rushdie

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