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
Most emigrants left from Sicily, where enterprising local authorities have tried to redress the balance by tempting back Italian descendants from abroad.
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
Fenix occupies a century-old warehouse built for the Holland-America Line in the Katendrecht district—once a departure point for millions of emigrants embarking to new lives—that has been restored by Rotterdam’s Bureau Polderman.
—Karen Burshtein, Time, 12 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
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
Fenix occupies a century-old warehouse built for the Holland-America Line in the Katendrecht district—once a departure point for millions of emigrants embarking to new lives—that has been restored by Rotterdam’s Bureau Polderman.
—Karen Burshtein, Time, 12 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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Gonzalez-Perez said some immigrants are still hesitant to fill out government forms, out of fear that ICE might access their information and target them.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lower courts blocked the effort to send home Haitian immigrants, part of an already shrinking workforce in nursing homes.—
Christopher Rowland,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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Four migrants were found dead in the water that night, while a fifth body believed to the boat’s co-captain washed ashore about a week later.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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In recent years a wave of anti-immigration sentiment has helped to fuel the rise of the AfD across the country, particularly since a spate of attacks carried out by migrants in 2024 and 2025, including one at a Christmas market in Magdeburg.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Creeping Charlie was first introduced by European settlers as a groundcover.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Mining attracted settlers to the region in the 1890s; tourism keeps the Mexican village alive today.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Aida, receiving word that her sons – who were taken by Serbian forces — may be alive and held in a camp, launches a desperate search through a refugee center crowded with thousands of displaced women.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 2015, Germany opened its doors to almost a million refugees, most of them from Syria, taking in almost 3 million in the decade between then and 2024.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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