transmigrant

noun

trans·​mi·​grant

tran(t)ˈsmīgrənt,

traan-,

-nzˈm-

: one who transmigrates

especially : an emigrant passing through a country en route to the one in which he will be an immigrant

Word History

Etymology

Latin transmigrant-, transmigrans, present participle of transmigrare

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