immigrant
immigrant
nounDefinition of IMMIGRANT
one that leaves one place to settle in another <America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since>
Synonyms émigré (also emigré), immigrant, incomer [chiefly British], in-migrant, migrant, out-migrant, settler
Related Words defector, deportee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee, relocatee, repatriate; alien, foreigner, illegal, noncitizen, nonnative; colonist, newcomer, squatter; migrator, pilgrim, pioneer, trekker
Antonyms nonimmigrant
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