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View usage for: (maɪgrənt) Word forms: plural migrants1. countable nounA migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work. The government divides asylum-seekers into economic migrants and genuine refugees. ...migrant workers following harvests northward. 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]Migrants are birds, fish, or animals that migrate from one part of the world to another. Migrant birds shelter in the reeds. More Synonyms of migrant migrant in British English (ˈmaɪɡrənt) noun1. a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another 2. an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another 3. mainly Australiana. an immigrant, esp a recent one b. (as modifier) a migrant hostel adjective4. moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory Word origin C17: from Latin migrāre to change one's abode migrant in American English (ˈmaɪgrənt) noun2. a person, bird, or animal that migrates 3. US a farm laborer who moves from place to place to harvest seasonal crops Word origin L migrans, prp. of migrareExamples of 'migrant' in a sentencemigrant Many migrant workers can afford to return home only once a year.They live in crowded migrant centres up and down the country.Making the requirements of the convention more onerous would not deter economic migrants from applying for asylum.Newly arrived migrants are the known unknown.One officer was injured and one migrant arrested, with the road closed for part of the afternoon.In reply, the government announced last month the setting up of processing centres around the country, where migrants could request asylum.Accounts of previous riots suggest that migrant workers have little recourse when they are victims of exploitation.Many migrant workers live in such accommodation.Others are economic migrants seeking a prosperous new life.The local economy would collapse without seasonal migrant labour.The coastguard save one or two migrant boats and have to return to land.Not all current economic migrants are essential.It was forced to use national insurance numbers issued locally to workers to get a better measure of its migrant population.Migrant birds shelter in the reeds.The vast majority of migrants come here to work hard, not claim benefits.They wouldn't let migrants live like that.The increase coincided with the largest wave of immigration into Britain as hundreds of thousands of migrants arrived to seek work. In other languagesmigrant British English: migrant / ˈmaɪɡrənt/ ADJECTIVE A migrant person moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work. ...migrant workers. - American English: migrant
- Arabic: مُهَاجِرٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: emigrante
- Chinese: 移居的
- Croatian: migrantski
- Czech: stěhovavý
- Danish: omvandrende
- Dutch: migrerend
- European Spanish: migratorio
- Finnish: vaeltava
- French: immigré
- German: Wander-
- Greek: αποδημητικός
- Italian: migrante
- Japanese: 移動性の
- Korean: 이동성의
- Norwegian: omvandrende
- Polish: wędrowny
- European Portuguese: migrante
- Romanian: nomad
- Russian: мигрирующий
- Latin American Spanish: migratorio
- Swedish: flyttande
- Thai: ซึ่งอพยพหรือย้ายถิ่น
- Turkish: göçmen
- Ukrainian: мігруючий
- Vietnamese: di cư
British English: migrant / ˈmaɪɡrənt/ NOUN A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work. ...economic migrants. - American English: migrant
- Arabic: مُهَاجِرٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: emigrante
- Chinese: 移民
- Croatian: migrant
- Czech: migrant
- Danish: migrant
- Dutch: migrant
- European Spanish: emigrante
- Finnish: siirtolainen
- French: migrant
- German: Migrant
- Greek: μετανάστης
- Italian: emigrante
- Japanese: 移住者
- Korean: 이주자
- Norwegian: omstreifer
- Polish: wędrownik
- European Portuguese: migrante
- Romanian: nomad
- Russian: мигрант
- Latin American Spanish: trabajador emigrante
- Swedish: person som flyttar från plats till plats
- Thai: ผู้ย้ายถิ่น ผู้โยกย้าย
- Turkish: göçmen
- Ukrainian: мігрант
- Vietnamese: người di cư
Chinese translation of 'migrant' n (c) - (= person)
移民 (yímín) (个(個), gè) - (= animal)
迁(遷)徙动(動)物 (qiānxǐ dòngwù)
cpd - [worker]
流动(動) (liúdòng) - [animal]
迁(遷)徙 (qiānxǐ) (次, cì)
Definition a person or animal that moves from one place to another economic migrants and political refugees Synonyms transient emigrant itinerant Definition moving from one place to another migrant workers Synonyms drifting roving shifting immigrant transient Additional synonymsDefinition a person who moves aimlessly from place to place an out-of-work drifter Synonyms wanderer, bum (informal), tramp (old-fashioned), itinerant (old-fashioned), vagrant, hobo (US), vagabond (old-fashioned, old-fashioned), rolling stone, bag lady, derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person who comes to a foreign country in order to settle there an illegal immigrant Synonyms settler, incomer, alien, stranger, outsider, newcomer, migrant, emigranta migratory farm labourer Synonyms nomadic, travelling, wandering, migrant, itinerant, unsettled, shifting, roving, transient, vagrant, peripateticAdditional synonymsDefinition a wanderer The greater part was desert, inhabited by nomads. Synonyms wanderer, migrant, rover, rambler, itinerant, drifter, vagabondthe nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara Synonyms wandering, travelling, roaming, migrant, pastoral, roving, itinerant, migratory, vagrant, peripateticHe remained at heart a rover. Synonyms wanderer, traveller, rolling stone, rambler, transient, nomad, itinerant, ranger, drifter, vagrant, stroller, bird of passage, gadabout (informal) Definition a Gypsy The whole idea of being a traveller is being self-sufficient. Synonyms gypsy, migrant, wanderer, tinker, tramp, transient, nomad, itinerant, drifter, vagrant, Romany, vagabond, New Age traveller, wayfarertroupes of travelling actors Synonyms itinerant, moving, touring, mobile, wandering, unsettled, roaming, migrant, restless, roving, nomadic, migratory, peripatetic, wayfaringDefinition a person who moves from place to place and has no regular home or job He lived on the street as a vagrant. Synonyms drifter, tramp (old-fashioned), bum (informal), vagabond, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, derelict, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (US), bag lady, dosser (British, slang), pikey (British, slang), bird of passage, person of no fixed address, derro (Australian, slang) Definition wandering about a vagrant hitchhiker Synonyms vagabond, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal), shiftlessa band of wandering musicians Synonyms itinerant, travelling, journeying, roving, drifting, homeless, strolling, voyaging, unsettled, roaming, rambling, nomadic, migratory, vagrant, peripatetic, vagabond, rootless, wayfaring |