Main Entry: émi·gré

Variant(s): also emi·gré \ˈe-mi-ˌgrā, ˌe-mi-ˈ\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: French émigré, from past participle of émigrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare

Date: 1792

: emigrant; especially : a person who emigrates for political reasons