migrants

noun

plural of migrant
as in immigrants
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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Recent Examples of migrants Liberia’s Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said at Tuesday’s briefing that the country has screened the list of migrants ahead of their arrival. — Mark Mengonfia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 On May 12, an employee at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, discovered six migrants dead inside a boxcar. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The administration has defended the third-country deals as lawful, saying federal immigration law permits the government to remove migrants to willing third countries. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Six gang members have been convicted on charges that include kidnapping, extortion and torture in a conspiracy to smuggle baseball players and other migrants to the United States, with the crimes dating back as far as 2009. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 Magnets for internal migrants and gateways for immigrants, such places tend toward heterogeneity, with spaces for marginalized communities—a pattern that is not just a characteristic of the modern era. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026 The Tribune Editorial Board recently highlighted Cincinnati’s readiness plan, which anticipates attracting climate migrants in the decades ahead. — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Roughly two-thirds of those workers are migrants, predominantly young women recruited from South Asia on three-year contracts. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 As the representatives of the global North’s industrial might bridge the same chasm that stands between today’s migrants and the United States, Restrepo considers the unequal flows of people and property between the Americas. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrants
  1. immigrants
  2. settlers
  3. refugees
  4. emigrants
Noun
  • The government had checked a hundred and fifty thousand names against its files, actively monitoring immigrants and citizens alike, and deported at least seventy-eight people.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Born in Harlem to Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte achieved success in the 1950s – unprecedented for a Black singer and actor.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of immigrants
Noun
  • Rabah told The Associated Press that two settlers arrived with a tractor at his home in Khirbet al-Rakeez in the southern West Bank on Saturday afternoon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Israel's military has deployed dozens of troops to the area and has since pushed the settlers back from the homes.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of settlers
Noun
  • When refugees from Syria and Rohingya started coming to the United States, Ibrahim said UMMA started coat drives, food boxes for refugees, and offered rental assistance to those who needed a place to live.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis.
    — Shalina Chatlani, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of refugees
Noun
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of emigrants

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