as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a city with emigrants from many lands
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Recent Examples of emigrant
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
That year the Vatican’s Special Office for Emigration at the Consistorial Congregation (created by Pius in 1912) sought to raise funds for its work with Italian emigrants and a college to train missionaries.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
That year the Vatican’s Special Office for Emigration at the Consistorial Congregation (created by Pius in 1912) sought to raise funds for its work with Italian emigrants and a college to train missionaries.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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LoRe, a Sicilian immigrant, had spent most of his life working as a butcher in New York City and running a shop there before relocating to the Charlotte area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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This year, only 16% of immigrants who applied to diagnostic radiology programs secured a spot.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Nineteen people were found dead and 58 rescued alive by the Italian coast guard, which intercepted a dinghy filled with migrants that was in distress about 80 nautical miles from the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday night.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who spoke relatively little, asked about immigration laws, enacted in 1940 and 1952, that accepted the common understanding that Wong Kim Ark had established birthright citizenship for the children of migrants, regardless of domicile.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Named for the Kiawah people who called this island home when British settlers first arrived in 1670, Kiawah Island fronts the Atlantic with ten miles of beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Also present on the land in the 1800s were the descendants of Spanish settlers.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The change in eligibility requirements comes from federal policy updates barring certain asylees, refugees, parolees, individuals with deportation or removal withheld, conditional entrants and victims of trafficking from accessing Cal Fresh, according to the Department of Public Social Services.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The tightening of the reins in the British Mandate for Palestine comes as Adolf Hitler and Germany invade Poland, triggering the beginnings of World War II, and as Jewish refugees fleeing persecution begin entering the region.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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