immigrantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡrənt/us/ˈɪm.ə.ɡrənt/B2 a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently:
a large immigrant population
Illegal immigrants are sent back across the border if they are caught.
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- She married Norwegian immigrant Niels Larsen who later anglicized his name.
- The prime minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities.
- These organizations have fought very hard for the rights and welfare of immigrants.
- The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
- Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island's original inhabitants.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- migrant
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- pull up stakes idiom
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
- up sticks idiom
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