émigré

noun

émi·gré ˈe-mi-ˌgrā

ˌe-mi-ˈgrā

variants or less commonly emigré

often attributive

Synonyms of émigré next

: emigrant

especially : a person who emigrates for political reasons

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 on the Web Millions of people have fled Russia this past year to neighboring nations, with TASS reporting 700,000 emigres just in April. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023 Inspired by Julie Orringer’s novel The Flight Portfolio, the series borrows heavily from the romantic melodramas and screwball comedies of 1940s Hollywood (many of which were created by recent WWII emigres). —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023 The war and popular mobilization triggered an astonishing exodus of people — perhaps as high as nearly a million emigres — desperate to leave Russia. —

Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023 The Emirates, a top regional ally of the U.S. that has sought deeper military links with Washington, risked backlash by welcoming a significant portion of Russian business — along with many emigres — blacklisted by the West. —

Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023 American and Swiss officials have also made inquiries about Soviet-era emigre Beloussov, according to two people informed of the matters. —

Joseph Menn, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022 The Soviet secret police, the NKVD, eventually infiltrated the emigre community and in 1937 kidnapped Gen. Yevgeny Miller, a former leader of the White Army, smuggled him from Paris to Moscow, where he was tortured and then shot. —

Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 Subtler tactics were used to lure back various homesick emigre artists and writers. —

Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 But anecdotal evidence suggests the number is at least in the tens of thousands, amid reports of burgeoning Russian-speaking emigre communities arising in Dubai, Istanbul and other places where air service from Russia still exists. —

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