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mi⋅grant

[mahy-gruhnt]
–adjective
1. migrating, esp. of people; migratory.
–noun
2. a person or animal that migrates.
3. Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, esp. a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.

Origin:
1665–75; < L migrant- (s. of migrāns), prp. of migrāre. See migrate, -ant
mi·grant   (mī'grənt)   
n.  
  1. One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan.
  2. An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.
adj.  Migratory.

[Latin migrāns, migrant-, present participle of migrāre, to migrate; see migrate.]

Migrant

Mi"grant\, a. [L. migrans, p. pr. of migrare. See Migrate.] Migratory. --Sir T. Browne. -- n. A migratory bird or other animal.
Language Translation for : migrant
Spanish: emigrante; ave migratoria,
German: der Zugvogel,
Japanese: 移住者

migrant  (adj.)
1672, from L. migrantem (nom. migrans), prp. of migrare "to move from one place to another" (see migration). The noun meaning "person who migrates" is first recorded 1670.
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