[em-i-grey; Fr. ey-mee-grey] 
[-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. |
| é·mi·gré (ěm'ĭ-grā') 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.] |
ɪˌgreɪ