expatriate
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ex·pa·tri·ate
[v. eks-pey-tree-eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree-; adj., n. eks-pey-tree-it, -eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree-] verb, ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing, adjective, noun 
triˌeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to banish (a person) from his or her native country.
2.
to withdraw (oneself) from residence in one's native country.
3.
to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's country.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become an expatriate: He expatriated from his homeland.
adjective
5.
expatriated; exiled.
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noun
6.
an expatriated person: Many American writers were living as expatriates in Paris.
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| expatriate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resident in a foreign country |
| 2. | exiled or banished from one's native country: an expatriate American |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person who lives in a foreign country |
| 4. | an exile; expatriate person |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to exile (oneself) from one's native country or cause (another) to go into exile |
| 6. | to deprive (oneself or another) of citizenship |
| [C18: from Medieval Latin expatriāre, from Latin | |
| expatri'ation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
expatriate
1768, from Fr. expatrier "banish," from ex- "out of" + patrie "native land," from L. patria "one's native country," from pater (gen. patris) "father." Related: Expatriated; expatriating; expatriation. The noun is from 1818, "one who has been banished;" main modern sense of "one who chooses to live abroad"
is 1902.
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Example sentences
Few guests, even among the expatriate businessmen there, were willing to be seen mingling with him.
But some demonstrators dismiss him as an expatriate long removed from Egypt's problems.
It's a lot harder to work productively for the country as an expatriate.
By abandoning his homeland, the expatriate abandons the source of his language-his sense of place.
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