Definition of EMIGRANT

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Noun Millions of European emigrants came to America in the 19th century. a city teeming with emigrants from many lands

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In the decades after 1871, professionals from across the German-speaking world poured into Alsace to take the positions left by the French emigrants — did Herr Mayer’s rat king function as an unwitting and grotesque totem of their new entwinement? — Adrian Daub, Longreads, "All Hail the Rat King," 13 Dec. 2019 British emigrants now avoided Barbados, making its demographic change even more dramatic. — Steven M. Opal, Time, "When Mosquitoes Brought Yellow Fever to the Caribbean, They Also Spread Slavery," 11 Oct. 2019 Large Ship Line #3: Holland America Line As its name indicates, Holland America is a cruise line that was established in 1873 to primarily ferry passengers, many of whom were emigrants, between the Netherlands and the United States. — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Cruise Lines in the World: 2019 Readers' Choice Awards," 7 Oct. 2019 Pro-slavery emigrants also poured into the territory from Missouri. — Jason Willick, WSJ, "What’s the Matter With North Dakota?," 8 Oct. 2018 Swedish emigrants Karl-Oskar, wife Kristina and family struggle in 1850 Minnesota. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 The high cost of housing is now a barrier to inward investment, to emigrants returning with skills, to people hoping to start families and who want to move. — New York Times, "Housing Crisis Grips Ireland a Decade After Property Bubble Burst," 8 Aug. 2019 In Ethiopia the tide may reach 1.5 million people—more than 15 times the emigrants now straggling annually through the Afar Triangle to reach the Middle East. — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, "A storyteller chronicles the mass migrations that define our age," 17 July 2019 After all, a sizable number of their own parents came from China -- in the 1940s, a huge wave of mainland emigrants fled the Chinese Civil War to Hong Kong. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, "Family feuds and social media spats: The generational divide that's splitting apart Hong Kong," 9 July 2019

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“Emigrant.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emigrant. Accessed 26 January 2020.