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immigrator

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im⋅mi⋅grate

[im-i-greyt] verb, -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
2. to pass or come into a new habitat or place, as an organism.
–verb (used with object)
3. to introduce as settlers: to immigrate cheap labor.

Origin:
1615–25; < L immigrātus (ptp. of immigrāre to move into). See im- 1 , migrate


im⋅mi⋅gra⋅tor, noun


1. See migrate.
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