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emigrant

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em⋅i⋅grant

[em-i-gruhnt]
–noun
1. a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region: They welcomed the emigrants from Italy.
–adjective
2. emigrating.

Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; < L ēmīgrant- (s. of ēmīgrāns) moving away (prp. of ēmīgrāre), equiv. to ē- e- + mīgrant- (mīgr- remove + -ant- -ant )


1. émigré, expatriate.
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em·i·grant   (ěm'ĭ-grənt)   
n.  One that emigrates.
adj.  Of or relating to emigrants or the act of emigrating.
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