émigré

noun, often attributive émi·gré \ ˈe-mi-ˌgrā , ˌe-mi-ˈgrā \

variants: or less commonly emigré

|Updated on: 20 Jul 2018

Examples: émigré in a Sentence

Definition of émigré

: emigrant; especially : a person who emigrates for political reasons

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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

The new prosperity, often funded with capital from Cuban emigres overseas, prompted resentment and complaints from the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who still live on state salaries averaging $30 a month.

— andrea rodriguez, The Seattle Times, "Cuba lifting freeze on new private tourism businesses," 10 July 2018
The new prosperity, often funded with capital from Cuban emigres overseas, prompted resentment and complaints from the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who still live on state salaries averaging $30 a month.

— Washington Post, "Cuba lifting freeze on new private tourism businesses," 10 July 2018
Most Russian emigres in London live a world apart from such intrigue.

— anatoly kurmanaev, WSJ, "Spy Poisoning Is Foreign to the Lives of Most of London’s Russian Emigres," 13 Mar. 2018
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.

— michael weissenstein and andrea rodriguez, Fox News, "Raul Castro leaves Cuba with new freedoms, deep problems," 16 Apr. 2018
Another 30 percent are Bay Area emigres wanting to flee exorbitant housing costs.

— tony bizjak, sacbee, "Thousands of long-awaited homes are coming to Folsom. Here's what you should know | The Sacramento Bee," 21 May 2018
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.

— lorraine boissoneault, Smithsonian, "The Surprising Story of the American Girl Who Broke Through the Iron Curtain," 10 May 2018
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.

— Bloomberg.com, "Trump Lawyer Cohen Finds Finances Examined by Prosecutors," 12 Apr. 2018
In 1978, the KGB went to similarly elaborate lengths to assassinate a Bulgarian emigre playwright, Georgi Markov, an outspoken Soviet critic living in London.

— calder walton, Washington Post, "Russia has a long history of eliminating ‘enemies of the state’," 13 Mar. 2018

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