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emigrant

[em-i-gruhnt]

noun

  1. a person who emigrates, such as from their native country or region.

    They welcomed the emigrants from Italy.

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adjective

  1. emigrating; leaving a country or region to settle in another.

emigrant

/ ˈɛɪɡəԳ /

noun

    1. a person who leaves one place or country, esp a native country, to settle in another Compare immigrant

    2. ( as modifier )

      an emigrant worker

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Other Word Forms

  • nonemigrant noun
  • unemigrant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emigrant1

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; from Latin ŧԳ- (stem of ŧԲ ) “moving away” (present participle of ŧ ), equivalent to ŧ- “from, out of” + migrant- ( migr-, stem of “to remove” + -ant- adjective suffix); e- 1, -ant )
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Example Sentences

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Among the top destinations for American emigrants are Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

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About 80% of people in India are Hindu, but they form only 41% of emigrants from the country, the survey on the religious composition of the world's migrants says.

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Sheinbaum, the granddaughter of emigrants from Bulgaria and Lithuania, would be Mexico’s first president of Jewish ancestry, in addition to its first female president.

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Neither will millions of other Venezuelan emigrants because of costly and time-consuming government prerequisites that are nowhere to be found in Venezuela’s election laws.

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Country specific statistics for such emigrants, or reverse migrants, are not available.

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When To Use

doesemigrant mean?

An emigrant is a person who has emigrated or is emigrating—permanently leaving home in one country or region to settle in another.The act or occurrence of emigrating is called emigration.’s the difference between emigrant, immigrant, and migrant?A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another (and perhaps back and forth). An emigrant is someone who moves away, while an immigrant is someone who moves in. For this reason, the word emigrant is often followed by from and the home country, whereas immigrant is often followed by to and the destination country.Of course, emigrant and immigrant often refer to the same person—people who are emigrating are also immigrating (if they leave, they have to go somewhere).But there are good reasons to use each word in different situations. For example, one country may be a common destination for immigrants, while another may experience the frequent departure of emigrants.The words migrant and immigrant are more likely to be used to describe such relocation in a general way (that is, a way that takes both the starting point and the destination into account), whereas emigrant is almost always used in reference to the place that has been left.Less commonly, emigrant can be used as an adjective to mean in the process of emigrating, as in emigrant peoples. Another word for an emigrant is éé, which especially refers to an emigrant who has fled their country due to political conditions.Example: The lack of employment has caused a significant number of emigrants  to leave the country in search of jobs.

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