plural migrants
: someone or something that migrates: such as
a
: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops
farms employing migrants during the growing season
b
: immigrant sense a
especially
: refugee
… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —
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c
: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another
migrant
adjective
migrant labor
migrant birds
Examples of migrant in a Sentence
migrants in search of work on farms
Not all birds are migrants.
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File photo: Agents wait to detain migrants coming for their hearings at an immigration court in New York.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
By the administration’s own admission, however, many migrants deported since the start of the president’s second term have no criminal record at all.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
And while the genesis of these reports on social apps may have been people trying to be helpful, both the government and migrants’ advocates say there can be issues.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Rounding out the week, the administration notched a legal win when a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that found probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over their handling of deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
By the administration’s own admission, however, many migrants deported since the start of the president’s second term have no criminal record at all.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
And while the genesis of these reports on social apps may have been people trying to be helpful, both the government and migrants’ advocates say there can be issues.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Rounding out the week, the administration notched a legal win when a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that found probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over their handling of deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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