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émigré

noun

ˈe-mi-ˌgrā How to pronounce émigré (audio)
variants also emigré
Definition of émigrénext
1
as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the revolution resulted in a flood of émigrés into neighboring countries

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2
as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another the émigrés moved to many different nations

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Recent Examples of émigré Hardest hit by redevelopment are residents like Michael Ziebel, 88, a Russian emigre whose life parallels a generation on South Beach. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 David was born one of nine children to a French emigre family that settled in the farming area along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025 With the Greeks being the largest Orthodox emigre community in the United States, Elpidophoros presides over one of the largest Orthodox parishes in the country. — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for émigré
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
  1. refugee
  2. immigrant
  3. migrant
  4. settler
  5. emigrant
Noun
  • After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, has lived in Sacramento nearly all her life.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • Mamadou Sidibé stars as Malik, a young African immigrant, who must try to survive after being incarcerated for drug smuggling.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But rather than succumbing to any one style, Lam developed a unique voice shaped by surrealism, cubism and his heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and a mixed-race mother.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of immigrant
Noun
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Flores, a political newcomer, made his first national appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, touting his commitment to border security and accusing Gonzalez of allowing migrants to make the community unsafe.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • The Samaria regional council said the killed man, Netanel Shakron, was a settler who had been bathing at a spring ahead of Yom Kippur.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of settler
Noun
  • Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of emigrant

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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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