émigré

noun

émi·​gré ˈe-mi-ˌgrā 

ˌe-mi-ˈgrā

variants or less commonly emigré

often attributive

: emigrant

especially : a person who emigrates for political reasons

Synonyms

• refugee

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

Word History

Etymology

French émigré, from past participle of émigrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

émigré

noun

émi·​gré

variants also emigré

ˈem-i-ˌgrā 

ˌem-i-ˈgrā

: emigrant sense 1

especially : a person forced to emigrate for political reasons

Etymology

French