someone who goes to a new country because living conditions or opportunities for jobs are not good in their own country. This word is used by governments to show that a person is not considered a refugee (=someone who has been forced to leave their country for political reasons).
Synonyms and related words
Moving to and living in a different country
immigration
asylum
exile
economic migrant
noun countable
US
Word Forms
singular
economic migrant
plural
economic migrants
DEFINITIONS1
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someone who goes to a new country because living conditions or opportunities for jobs are not good in their own country. This word is used by governments to show that a person is not considered a refugee (=someone who has been forced to leave their country for political reasons).