a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; < Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-¹, migrant

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non·im·mi·grant, noun, adjective

Can be confused: emigrant, immigrant, migrant.

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immigrant (ˈɪmɪɡrənt)

—n
1.	a. Compare emigrant a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
	b. (as modifier): an immigrant community
2.	an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated

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immigrant

"one who immigrates," 1792, in an Amer.Eng. context, from L. immigrantem, prp. of immigrare (see immigrate). Emigrant is older.

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