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émigré
[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]
noun
, plural é·mi·grés [em, -i-greyz, ey-mee-, grey].
- an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions.
- a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.
émigré
/ ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ; emiɡre /
noun
- an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of émigré1
C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate
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Example Sentences
Some say he's a wealthy emigre turning his talents to account.
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And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre?
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That's correct, because being of the same nationality, I thought he was hurting all of our emigre here in Dallas.
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Now, among the Russian emigre group in Dallas, did you ever know of anybody that you even thought might be a Communist?
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He was an old emigre gentleman, blind and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in order to pass the time.
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