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émigré - 2 dictionary results

é⋅mi⋅gré

   [em-i-grey; Fr. ey-mee-grey]
–noun, plural -grés  [-greyz; Fr. -grey] .
1. an emigrant, esp. a person who flees from his or her 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.
Origin:
1785–95; < F: n. use of ptp. of émigrer < L ēmīgrāre to emigrate
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é·mi·gré     (ěm'ĭ-grā')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   One who has left a native country, especially for political reasons.


[French, from past participle of émigrer, to emigrate, from Latin ēmigrāre; see emigrate.]

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