Definition of émigré
: emigrant;
especially
: a person who emigrates for political reasons
variants:
or less commonly
emigré
Updated on: 14 Apr 2018
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Examples of émigré in a Sentence
He was one of a group of Soviet émigrés living in New York.
the revolution resulted in a flood of émigrés into neighboring countries
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In 1978, the KGB went to similarly elaborate lengths to assassinate a Bulgarian emigre playwright, Georgi Markov, an outspoken Soviet critic living in London.
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For more than a decade, London has seen the ceaseless arrival of wealthy Russian emigres, including oligarchs fleeing the Kremlin and those still in Putin's good graces.
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Indeed, as Britain and its grandiose capital have become a home for many Russian emigres, an alarming number of Kremlin critics residing in the country have died in mysterious circumstances.
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His Caffe Roma buddy and fellow emigre Arnold Schwarzenegger inspired him.
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The latest is Trigere, founded in New York in 1942 by the French emigre Pauline Trigere, a formidable woman known for chic suits, capes, and her signature sleeveless coat.
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Shops that cater to the city's large community of Russian emigres line the streets near the consulate.
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Her father, 93-year-old Cuban emigre Carlos Canal, wasn’t feeling well, the nurse told Schwartz.
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She and Yuri slept in the same bed at the home of a Russian emigre who sometimes served as a surrogate mother and sometimes threatened to evict them.
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Origin and Etymology of émigré
French émigré, from past participle of émigrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare
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defector, deportee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee, relocatee, repatriate;
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