emigrant
a person who emigrates, such as from their native country or region: They welcomed the emigrants from Italy.
emigrating; leaving a country or region to settle in another.
Origin of emigrant
1Other words for emigrant
Other words from emigrant
- non·em·i·grant, noun, adjective
- un·em·i·grant, adjective
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How to use emigrant in a sentence
It’s told by 10 people affected by the disaster, such as a drug trafficker, an emigrant musician and an old woman selling produce in a market.
She notes that the countries with the greatest number of highly educated emigrants—India, China, and the Philippines—have some of the most travel-restrictive passports.
At City of Rocks, seek out Register Rock, etched with names and inscriptions from California Trail emigrants who passed through in the 19th century.
In 2018, thousands of emigrants from Africa and the Middle East risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in small, overcrowded boats.
The shipwreck’s owner said no oil spilled. Satellites disagree | Tim Fernholz | July 1, 2021 | QuartzInterviews with emigrants reveal that many of them have simply lost hope that things will ever get better in their home countries.
What the Horrific Crash on the Border Says About U.S. Immigration Policy | by Dara Lind | March 4, 2021 | ProPublica
We had fallen in with the advanced corps of the emigrant army under the command of the Prince of Condé.
The army of emigrant nobles at Coblentz, within the dominions of the King of Prussia, was rapidly increasing in numbers.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottIt is said to be not unusual, for the peasantry of Liverpool, to speak of Mr. Bell, as a benefactor of the emigrant domestics.
The messenger reports that they are on the march from Fort Bent with an emigrant train, and will not be here for a week.
Overland | John William De ForestThey had been turned back from the emigrant station on Ellis Island, and were now sadly returning to Liverpool.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for emigrant
/ (ˈɛmɪɡrənt) /
a person who leaves one place or country, esp a native country, to settle in another: Compare immigrant
(as modifier): an emigrant worker
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