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. Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
adjective
2.
emigrating.
Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; < Latin ēmīgrant- (stem of ēmīgrāns) moving away (present participle of ēmīgrāre), equivalent to ē- e-1 + mīgrant- (mīgr- remove + -ant- -ant)

Related forms
non·em·i·grant, noun, adjective
un·em·i·grant, adjective

Can be confused: emigrant, immigrant, migrant.
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emigrant (ˈɛmɪɡrənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
a.  Compare immigrant a person who leaves one place or country, esp a native country, to settle in another
 b.  (as modifier): an emigrant worker

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emigrant
1754, from L. emigrantem, prp. of emigrare (see emigration).
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Example sentences
To an emigrant, country is idle except it be his own.
From time to time an emigrant will send word home, pointing out all the advantages of the new life abroad.
Below is appended a list of emigrant ships due and not heard from.
New ships were built specially for the emigrant trade.
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