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im⋅mi⋅grant

  [im-i-gruhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
2. an organism found in a new habitat.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs.
4. immigrating.
Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; < L immigrant- (s. of immigrāns), prp. of immigrāre to move into. See im- 1 , migrant
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im·mi·grant   (ĭm'ĭ-grənt)   
n.  
  1. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
  2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
adj.  Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
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Immigrant

Im"mi*grant\, n. [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate.] One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

Syn: See Emigrant.
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Language Translation for : immigrant
Spanish: inmigrante,
German: der Einwanderer, *die Einwanderin,
Japanese: 移民
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