migrant
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noun \ˈmī-grənt\Definition of MIGRANT
: one that migrates: as a : a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops b : an animal that shifts from one habitat to another
— migrant adjective
See Examples of MIGRANT
- migrants in search of work on farms
- Not all birds are migrants.
Origin of MIGRANT
Latin migrant-, migrans, present participle of migrare
First Known Use: 1760
Related to MIGRANT
- Synonyms
- émigré (also emigré), immigrant, incomer [chiefly British], in-migrant, emigrant, out-migrant, settler
- Antonyms
- nonimmigrant
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