poor vs refugee

poor

noun
  • A poor person. 

  • The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society. 

verb
  • Synonym of impoverish, to make poor. 

adj
  • Deficient in a specified way. 

  • Of low quality. 

  • Inadequate, insufficient. 

  • Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. 

  • Used to express pity. 

  • With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. 

refugee

noun
  • A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc. 

  • A person who flees one place or institution for another. 

  • A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum. 

  • A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country. 

verb
  • To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces. 

How often have the words poor and refugee occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )