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migrant worker

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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
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