as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a city with emigrants from many lands
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Recent Examples of emigrant
Most emigrants left from Sicily, where enterprising local authorities have tried to redress the balance by tempting back Italian descendants from abroad.
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
Fenix occupies a century-old warehouse built for the Holland-America Line in the Katendrecht district—once a departure point for millions of emigrants embarking to new lives—that has been restored by Rotterdam’s Bureau Polderman.
—Karen Burshtein, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
Fenix occupies a century-old warehouse built for the Holland-America Line in the Katendrecht district—once a departure point for millions of emigrants embarking to new lives—that has been restored by Rotterdam’s Bureau Polderman.
—Karen Burshtein, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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LoRe, a Sicilian immigrant, had spent most of his life working as a butcher in New York City and running a shop there before relocating to the Charlotte area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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This year, only 16% of immigrants who applied to diagnostic radiology programs secured a spot.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Researchers speculate that the builders may have been strangers to the area—possibly migrants from what is now Latvia, whose low rampart structures are similar to this one—who found themselves in conflict with local communities.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The tiny island of Lampedusa is the main entry point to Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, with thousands dying during the perilous journey.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Named for the Kiawah people who called this island home when British settlers first arrived in 1670, Kiawah Island fronts the Atlantic with ten miles of beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Also present on the land in the 1800s were the descendants of Spanish settlers.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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If the United States wants a safe, orderly refugee system, the answer is not collective blame, but sustained investment in policies that provide security, dignity and successful integration.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Stories abound in every survivor of the Rwandan genocide, every Hmong refugee who fled the Laotian Civil War, every Iranian trying to protect their families from American missiles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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