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单词 emigrant
释义

emigrant

[ em-i-gruhnt ]
/ ˈɛm ɪ grənt /
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noun

a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region: They welcomed the emigrants from Italy.

adjective

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

Origin of emigrant

First recorded in 1745–55, Americanism; from Latin ēmigrant- (stem of ēmigrāns ) “moving away” (present participle of ēmigrāre ), equivalent to ē- “from, out of” + migrant- (migr-, stem of migrāre “to remove” + -ant- suffix forming nouns and adjectives from verbs); see e-1, -ant)

SYNONYMS FOR emigrant

1 émigré, expatriate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM emigrant

non·em·i·grant, noun, adjectiveun·em·i·grant, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH emigrant

emigrant , immigrant, migrant

Words nearby emigrant

EMG, EMG syndrome, -emia, emic, emiction, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, emigratory, émigré, Emil
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British Dictionary definitions for emigrant

emigrant
/ (ˈɛmɪɡrənt) /

noun

  1. a person who leaves one place or country, esp a native country, to settle in anotherCompare immigrant
  2. (as modifier)an emigrant worker
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