noun
exile; deportee; person in exile
Refers to a person who has been banished or deported as a punishment. Often used in historical or legal contexts.
彼は政治犯として流刑者になった。
He became an exile as a political prisoner.
その島には多くの流刑者が送られた。
Many deportees were sent to that island.
追放者 is a broader term for someone banished or expelled, not necessarily through a formal judicial sentence. 流刑者 specifically implies a legal punishment of exile.
Compound of 流刑 (exile, banishment) and 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is straightforward from the kanji meanings.