affected people
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S: HK Red Cross – http://bit.do/ezUbn (last access: 31 October 2018); IOM – http://bit.do/ezUdR (last access: 31 October 2018).

N: 1. – affected (adj): “artificially displayed,” 1580s, past participle adjective from affect (“to make a pretense of,” 1660s, earlier “to assume the character of someone, 1590s) “make a pretense of.” Related: Affectedly.
– people (n): late 13c., “humans, persons in general,” from Anglo-French people, Old French peupel “people, population, crowd; mankind, humanity,” from Latin populus “a people, nation; body of citizens; a multitude, crowd, throng,” of unknown origin, possibly from Etruscan. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish pueblo, Italian popolo. In English, it displaced native folk.
2. … Hearing Notice provides effective notice coverage to affected people, residing both on reserve or within another Aboriginal community or settlement, as well as within the general population.
3. Depending on contexts and fields:

  • In the field of Disaster and Emergency: victims of a disaster, disaster victims (sinistrés, in French).
  • In the field of Law: “war victims” (sinistrés de guerre in French): people who suffered damage through war.

S: 1. OED – http://bit.do/ezT95; http://bit.do/ezT96 (last access: 18 September 2017). 2. TERMIUM PLUS – http://bit.do/ezUax (last access: 18 September 2017). 3. GDT – http://bit.do/ezUad (last access: 28 May 2015).

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CR: disaster victims, humanitarian aid.