Definition of emigrant
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:one who emigrates
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:a migrant plant or animal
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Examples of emigrant in a Sentence
Millions of European emigrants came to America in the 19th century.
a city teeming with emigrants from many lands
Recent Examples of emigrant from the Web
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Two of my buddies were black, one was Jewish, another was Asian, and another a postwar emigrant from (Blut und Boden, Germany.)
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With one notable exception, the five cities outside California that are most popular with emigrants from the four-county Sacramento region have sunny weather, similar incomes and homes that cost about the same or less.
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A large number of emigrants from the neighboring marshes have settled on this territory.
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North African emigrants often choose to settle in the French-speaking province of Quebec, drawn by its immigration policies that favor francophone applicants.
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Ireland, long an emigrant nation, also became a destination for inward migration, primarily from eastern and central Europe, but also from Africa, China, and Brazil.
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But like 80 percent of the approximately 900 emigrants Páez and his researchers interviewed for his book, neither plans to return.
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This waltz type of music was pioneered by the non-black Acadian emigrants from Nova Scotia.
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Yet a federal judge ruled that President Trump cannot do what the law allows in temporarily suspending immigration from countries previously singled out by the Obama administration for their laxity in vetting their emigrants.
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First Known Use of emigrant
1735
emigrant Synonyms
Synonyms
émigré (also emigré), immigrant, incomer [chiefly British], in-migrant, migrant, out-migrant, settlerAntonyms
nonimmigrantRelated Words
defector, deportee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee, relocatee, repatriate; alien, foreigner, illegal, noncitizen, nonnative; colonist, newcomer, squatter; migrator, pilgrim, pioneer, trekkerNear Antonyms
aborigine, native; citizen, habitant, inhabitant, national, residentOther Biology Terms
First Known Use of emigrant
1773
EMIGRANT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of emigrant for English Language Learners
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: a person who leaves a country or region to live in another one : a person who emigrates
EMIGRANT Defined for Kids
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Definition of emigrant for Students
:a person who leaves one country or region to live in another
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