Meaning

noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

noun the act of expelling a person from their native land

originFrom Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

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