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émigré

[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]

noun

, plural é·mi·grés [em, -i-greyz, ey-mee-, grey].
  1. an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions.
  2. a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.

émigré

/ ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ; emiɡre /

noun

  1. an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons

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Word History and Origins

Origin of émigré1

First recorded in 1785–95; from French: noun use of past participle of émigrer, from Latin ēmīgrāre to emigrate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of émigré1

C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate

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