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nonmigrant
mi·grant
/
ˈmaɪ
grənt
/
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[
mahy
-gr
uh
nt
]
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adjective
1.
migrating
, especially 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, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
Origin:
1665–75;
<
Latin
migrant-
(stem of
migrāns
), present participle of
migrāre.
See
migrate
,
-ant
Related forms
non·mi·grant,
adjective,
noun
un·mi·grant,
adjective
Can be confused:
emigrant
,
immigrant
,
migrant.
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World English Dictionary
migrant
(ˈmaɪɡrənt)
—
n
1.
a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another
2.
an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another
3.
chiefly
(
Austral
)
a. an immigrant, esp a recent one
b. (
as modifier
):
a migrant hostel
—
adj
4.
moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
[C17: from Latin
migrāre
to change one's abode]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
migrant
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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