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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What To Know The Nogales facility was designed to provide temporary housing and services for migrants awaiting processing or deportation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The visa was also seen as a way to lure talent that would have otherwise gone to the US, where new laws have priced out many would-be migrants.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the tasks for the troops were repelling migrants and, at least in one instance, troops used tear gas on a group of Venezuelan migrants at the border.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump has moved to deploy US troops and federal law enforcement officials to major cities — including Los Angeles, Washington, Memphis, Chicago and Portland — to target crime and counter demonstrations against his deportations of undocumented migrants.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The visa was also seen as a way to lure talent that would have otherwise gone to the US, where new laws have priced out many would-be migrants.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the tasks for the troops were repelling migrants and, at least in one instance, troops used tear gas on a group of Venezuelan migrants at the border.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump has moved to deploy US troops and federal law enforcement officials to major cities — including Los Angeles, Washington, Memphis, Chicago and Portland — to target crime and counter demonstrations against his deportations of undocumented migrants.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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