as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves
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as in migratory
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis
migrant laborers picking fruit in an orchard
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Recent Examples of migrant
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Special Jury Prize went to Less Than 5 Gr of Saffron, a dialogue-free short about an Iranian migrant processing trauma through cooking.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Thursday’s landing marked the first migrant arrival in the Florida Keys in several months, following a period when such incidents were occurring on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Wala said that framing enables the government to treat migrants and asylum seekers as enemy combatants.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Special Jury Prize went to Less Than 5 Gr of Saffron, a dialogue-free short about an Iranian migrant processing trauma through cooking.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Befriended by the aged proprietor of a now defunct Greek coast restaurant, the hen becomes an unwitting witness of human misery – greed, migrant trafficking, revenge upon revenge.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Thursday’s landing marked the first migrant arrival in the Florida Keys in several months, following a period when such incidents were occurring on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrant
Noun
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Quite a few designs featured striking swirls, which Daveed says speak to the ways that many Haitian immigrants must travel when heading into the United States for a better life.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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His father, a hard-working Russian immigrant and patriotic US bomber pilot, taught him to respect authority.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Because of it, the migratory raptors that are protected under state and federal law forced the school, known as the Eagles, to rearrange their football and soccer schedules, switching to day games instead of night.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
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Many of them are migratory, traveling between here and the Caribbean or Central or South America.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the 1988 New Fashioned, a whiskey cocktail named for the year Vang’s family immigrated to the United States from the Thai refugee camp Ban Vinai, a stately ice cube is engraved with a geometric symbol evoking traditional Hmong embroidery.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Americans still hoping to move to Portugal, meanwhile, might be wise to see if their preferred neighborhoods are already too saturated with fellow emigrants or tourists.—
Michael Bartiromo,
The Hill,
14 June 2025
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrant. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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