Definition of émigré
: emigrant;
especially
: a person who emigrates for political reasons
variants:
or less commonly
emigré
Updated on: 8 Jun 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
Recent Examples of émigré from the Web
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Wariness of disruption is exacerbated by Cuba's increasing economic dependence on the Cuban emigres and exiles once seen by the Communist government as a threat to its survival.
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Another 30 percent are Bay Area emigres wanting to flee exorbitant housing costs.
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Reporters at United Press International pointed out that the Smiths had brought with them on their trip hundreds of letters from Russian emigres living in the United States hoping to acquire exit visas for their relatives, but none were issued.
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Legal filings in a dispute with his long-time partner, a polo-playing Ukrainian emigre named Simon Garber, show that Cohen and his wife made $90,000 a month from their medallions in 2011.
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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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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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