immigrantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɪmᵻɡr(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɪməɡrənt/

Etymology: < Latin immigrānt-em, present participle of immigrāre to immigrate v., after emigrant (1754).

A. adj.

Immigrating.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [adjective] > relating to immigrants

immigrant1805

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [adjective] > immigrating

immigrant1805

immigrating1870

1805 R. Southey Let. 6 Apr. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 323 To let the immigrant monastics associate together here.

1885 E. A. Shäfer in Proc. Royal Soc. 38 90 As to the origin of these immigrant cells, it may be regarded as certain that they have passed inwards from the epithelium.

1897 Daily News 31 Aug. 4/7 Both [races] are immigrant, and European, not indigenous to the soil.

B. n.

One who or that which immigrates; a person who migrates into a country as a settler.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > immigrant

comelinga1325

incomer1526

income1555

comer1581

adventivea1626

transplanteea1687

immigrantc1787

importation1787

migrant1795

immigrator1836

importee1858

metic1904

wog1966

c1787 R. King in Life & Corr. (1894) I. 296 The immigrants from Massachusetts, who settled on Connecticut River.

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 253 There are in this state many immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, Germany.

1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. Pref. 6 There is another deviation from the strict letter of the English dictionaries which is found extremely convenient in our discourses on population... The verb immigrate and the nouns immigrant and immigration are used without scruple in some parts of this volume.

1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 473.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. lv. 252 Immigrant is perhaps the only new word, of which the circumstances of the United States has in any degree demanded the addition to the English language.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 232 Immigrants are crowding to it from New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode-Island.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 216 The son of Perseus, a foreigner and immigrant into Greece.

attributive.1864 D. A. Wells Our Burden & Strength 24 The immigrant landing depot in New York City.1969 Times 18 July 4/8 Wolverhampton's Grove School..was described as the ‘90 per cent immigrant school’.1969 Times 18 July 4/8 There was some criticism..at this high proportion of immigrant children.1971 Economist 12 June 31/2 Those [sc. children] born in England to immigrant parents cease to be classified as immigrant school-children after their parents have been here 10 years, while those born overseas remain within the category no matter how long they have been in England.1973 Times 9 Nov. 2/4 Allowance must be made for immigrant children to adjust to a new social and educational environment.

Draft additions 1993

Natural History. An animal or plant that has migrated into a given area, esp. one now living there; also, an animal (esp. a bird) that regularly or occasionally migrates into a given area. Cf. migrant n. 2, 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > migrating animal

seven sleepers1750

migrater1770

visitant1774

winterer1831

visiter1843

visitor1859

immigrant1880

the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > non-native or migrant

stranger1578

exotic1682

alien1847

colonizer1856

migrant1874

immigrant1880

adventive1883

pioneer1911

neophyte1916

wool alien1919

casual1926

1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 121 By the 15th of June three thousand young salmon and fifty troutlet immigrants were swimming about, strong, contented, and merry.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 45/1 Three if not four species are common summer immigrants to some part or other of the United States.

1903 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 11 474 The Gastropoda may be immigrants to the marine habitat in Cambrian time.

1953 E. P. Odum Fund. Ecol. vi. 144 Recall also how Gause produced predator-prey oscillations by regular introduction of ‘immigrants’ in cultures that exhibited no oscillations in the absence of immigrations.

1980 Jrnl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 60 39 In this area T[risopterus] esmarki has been recorded only once before, and M[icromesistius] poutassou has always been regarded as an occasional immigrant.

Draft additions 1993

Physiology. A cell which has immigrated (immigrate v. Additions b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [noun] > motile or amoebic cell

myxamoeba1875

immigrant1885

microcyst1887

amœbocyte1892

wandering cells1896

streptocyte1897

swarmer cell1950

swarmer1964

1885 [see sense A.].

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) p. xxviii The cells arise..as immigrants (mesenchyme cells), from the walls of the blastosphere.

1982 Anat. Rec. 202 92/1 One day after labeling the spleen, about 35% of the thymic immigrants were either in the wall or directly beside venules in the corticomedullary junction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	immigrant
释义	immigrantadj.n. Brit. /ˈɪmᵻɡr(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɪməɡrənt/ Etymology: < Latin immigrānt-em, present participle of immigrāre to immigrate v., after emigrant (1754). A. adj. Immigrating. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [adjective] > relating to immigrants immigrant1805 society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [adjective] > immigrating immigrant1805 immigrating1870 1805 R. Southey Let. 6 Apr. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 323 To let the immigrant monastics associate together here. 1885 E. A. Shäfer in Proc. Royal Soc. 38 90 As to the origin of these immigrant cells, it may be regarded as certain that they have passed inwards from the epithelium. 1897 Daily News 31 Aug. 4/7 Both [races] are immigrant, and European, not indigenous to the soil. B. n. One who or that which immigrates; a person who migrates into a country as a settler. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > immigrant comelinga1325 incomer1526 income1555 comer1581 adventivea1626 transplanteea1687 immigrantc1787 importation1787 migrant1795 immigrator1836 importee1858 metic1904 wog1966 c1787 R. King in Life & Corr. (1894) I. 296 The immigrants from Massachusetts, who settled on Connecticut River. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 253 There are in this state many immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, Germany. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. Pref. 6 There is another deviation from the strict letter of the English dictionaries which is found extremely convenient in our discourses on population... The verb immigrate and the nouns immigrant and immigration are used without scruple in some parts of this volume. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 473. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. lv. 252 Immigrant is perhaps the only new word, of which the circumstances of the United States has in any degree demanded the addition to the English language. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 232 Immigrants are crowding to it from New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode-Island. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 216 The son of Perseus, a foreigner and immigrant into Greece. attributive.1864 D. A. Wells Our Burden & Strength 24 The immigrant landing depot in New York City.1969 Times 18 July 4/8 Wolverhampton's Grove School..was described as the ‘90 per cent immigrant school’.1969 Times 18 July 4/8 There was some criticism..at this high proportion of immigrant children.1971 Economist 12 June 31/2 Those [sc. children] born in England to immigrant parents cease to be classified as immigrant school-children after their parents have been here 10 years, while those born overseas remain within the category no matter how long they have been in England.1973 Times 9 Nov. 2/4 Allowance must be made for immigrant children to adjust to a new social and educational environment. Draft additions 1993 Natural History. An animal or plant that has migrated into a given area, esp. one now living there; also, an animal (esp. a bird) that regularly or occasionally migrates into a given area. Cf. migrant n. 2, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > migrating animal seven sleepers1750 migrater1770 visitant1774 winterer1831 visiter1843 visitor1859 immigrant1880 the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > non-native or migrant stranger1578 exotic1682 alien1847 colonizer1856 migrant1874 immigrant1880 adventive1883 pioneer1911 neophyte1916 wool alien1919 casual1926 1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 121 By the 15th of June three thousand young salmon and fifty troutlet immigrants were swimming about, strong, contented, and merry. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 45/1 Three if not four species are common summer immigrants to some part or other of the United States. 1903 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 11 474 The Gastropoda may be immigrants to the marine habitat in Cambrian time. 1953 E. P. Odum Fund. Ecol. vi. 144 Recall also how Gause produced predator-prey oscillations by regular introduction of ‘immigrants’ in cultures that exhibited no oscillations in the absence of immigrations. 1980 Jrnl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 60 39 In this area T[risopterus] esmarki has been recorded only once before, and M[icromesistius] poutassou has always been regarded as an occasional immigrant. Draft additions 1993 Physiology. A cell which has immigrated (immigrate v. Additions b). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [noun] > motile or amoebic cell myxamoeba1875 immigrant1885 microcyst1887 amœbocyte1892 wandering cells1896 streptocyte1897 swarmer cell1950 swarmer1964 1885 [see sense A.]. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) p. xxviii The cells arise..as immigrants (mesenchyme cells), from the walls of the blastosphere. 1982 Anat. Rec. 202 92/1 One day after labeling the spleen, about 35% of the thymic immigrants were either in the wall or directly beside venules in the corticomedullary junction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1787
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