expatriated; expatriating
Definition of expatriate
(Entry 1 of 3)
2 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country
: to leave one's native country to live elsewhere also : to renounce allegiance to one's native country
expatriate
adjectiveDefinition of expatriate (Entry 2 of 3)
: living in a foreign land
expatriate
nounDefinition of expatriate (Entry 3 of 3)
: a person who lives in a foreign country
Hemingway himself in The Sun Also Rises, 1926, had given the picture of the dislocated life of young English and American expatriates in the bars of Paris, the "lost generation," as Gertrude Stein defined them.— Robert Penn Warren
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The first known use of expatriate was in 1768
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