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Synonyms & Antonyms of emigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
- a city with emigrants from many lands
Synonyms for emigrant
- émigré
- (also emigré),
- immigrant,
- incomer
- [chiefly British],
- in-migrant,
- migrant,
- out-migrant,
- settler
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The first known use of emigrant was in 1735
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