immigrant

immigrant

person who comes to a country of which he is not a citizen; a migrant
Not to be confused with:emigrant – expatriate; one who emigrates

im·mi·grant

I0048300 (ĭm′ĭ-grənt) n. 1. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another. 2. An organism that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist. adj. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. Usage Note: Everyone agrees that the word immigrant can be applied to someone who moves voluntarily to a given country or region intending to settle there. But is it acceptable to refer to the enslaved Africans who were brought to America against their will in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s as "immigrants"? In recent years, more than one politician and textbook publisher has attracted ridicule and condemnation for describing the enslaved Africans as if they were simply another of the many immigrant groups that helped make America what it is today. Whether the slaves were or were not immigrants in some sense is a matter of delicate semantic interpretation, but it is probably not appropriate to refer to them as such without significant qualification; to do so is likely to be taken as ignoring the extraordinary brutality of the transatlantic slave trade.

immigrant

(ˈɪmɪɡrənt) n1. a. a person who comes to a country in order to settle there. Compare emigrantb. (as modifier): an immigrant community. 2. (Plants) an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated

im•mi•grant

(ˈɪm ɪ grənt)

n. 1. a person who migrates to another country, usu. for permanent residence. 2. an organism found in a new habitat. adj. 3. of or pertaining to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs. [1780–90, Amer.; < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

immigrant - a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle theremigrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another

immigrant

noun settler, incomer, alien, stranger, outsider, newcomer, migrant, emigrant an illegal immigrant

immigrant

nounOne who emigrates:emigrant, migrant, transmigrant.

Translations

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immigrant

(ˈimigrənt) noun, adjective (a person) who has come into a foreign country to live there permanently, not as a tourist or visitor. The eastern part of the city is inhabited by immigrants; the immigrant population. 移民 移民ˌimmiˈgration noun the act of entering a country in order to settle there. 移居 移居

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