escapeen.
/ɛskəˈpiː//ɛˈskeɪpiː/ One who has escaped; esp. (a) an escaped convict from a penal settlement; (b) an escaped military or political prisoner.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > one who escapes > from confinement or the law
fugitive1382
prison breaker1704
evader1754
refugee1754
absentee1803
escapee1875
escapado1881
escapist1934
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1875–6 W. Whitman Mem. War 40 Southern Escapees.
1880 Argus (Melbourne) 22 July 2/3 The 10 New Caledonia escapees..are to be handed over to the French consul.
1884 Manch. Guard. 9 Sept. 5 Some of the worst crimes have been committed in the colonies by escapees.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 3/1 The military watched him in his home in Middelburg as a cat watches a mouse, and..traps in the way of sham rebels and escapees were laid for him.
1945 News Chron. 20 Apr. 4/4 A large number of the escapees were members of air crews who had baled out over France.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. xxxix. 421 The five of us, plus some fifty other escapees.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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