GC: npl
S: IRS – https://bit.ly/2Sa6dxo (last access: 18 September 2017); Rotary – https://bit.ly/2NF7Eg6 (last access: 18 September 2017); HuffPost – https://bit.ly/2S6jUxp (last access: 18 September 2017).
N: 1. – disaster (n): 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro “ill-starred,” from dis-, here merely pejorative + astro “star, planet,” from Latin astrum, from Greek astron “star” (from PIE root *ster- “star”). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
– victims (npl): victim, late 15c., “living creature killed and offered as a sacrifice to a deity or supernatural power,” from Latin victima “person or animal killed as a sacrifice.” Perhaps distantly connected to Old English wig “idol,” Gothic weihs “holy,” German weihen “consecrate” (compare Weihnachten “Christmas”) on notion of “a consecrated animal.” Sense of “person who is hurt, tortured, or killed by another” is recorded from 1650s; meaning “person oppressed by some power or situation” is from 1718. Weaker sense of “person taken advantage of” is recorded from 1781.
2. Two meanings for “disaster victim” (Emergency Management):
- A person who suffers harm or damages as a result of a disaster.
- A person who dies as a result of a disaster, either immediately or afterwards. In the context of disaster victim identification, the term “disaster victim” refers only to a dead person.
3. “disaster victim”: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.
4. “war victim” (Law): Person who suffered damage through war.
S: 1. OED – https://bit.ly/2WDV8Dm; https://bit.ly/2MNW2Zn (last access: 18 September 2017). 2 & 3. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/yWZWfc (last access: 18 September 2017). 4. GDT – https://bit.ly/2HRHrNP (last access: 18 September 2017).
SYN: victims of a disaster
S: GDT – https://bit.ly/2GkJPdA (last access: 18 September 2017)
