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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Countries with large populations of Venezuelan migrants, including Peru and Colombia, have accused the group of being behind a spree of violence in the region.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
The Canary Islands have long been a stepping stone for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa and Morocco.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026
Police block the road from protesters leading to a hotel previously believed to house migrants in Glengormley, north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2026.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
The Canary Islands have long been a stepping stone for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa and Morocco.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026
Police block the road from protesters leading to a hotel previously believed to house migrants in Glengormley, north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2026.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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