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emigrants

 [em-i-gruhnt]   Origin

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.
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emigrating.

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Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; < Latin ēmīgrant- (stem of ēmīgrāns) moving away (present participle of ēmīgrāre), equivalent to ē- e- + mīgrant- (mīgr- remove + -ant- -ant)

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

Can be confused: emigrant, immigrant, migrant.

Synonyms
1. émigré, expatriate.

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emigrant
1754, from L. emigrantem, prp. of emigrare (see emigration).
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