boat people (English, noun)
expansion: boat people pl (normally plural, singular boat person)
Senses:
glosses: Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
tags: historical
plural
plural-normally
glosses: An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.
tags: plural
plural-normally
glosses: plural of boat person
tags: form-of
plural
plural-normally
Forms:
form: boat person
tags: singular