US /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/
noun Freq #56326

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    someone who leaves one country to settle in another

  2. 2
    noun

    Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

  3. 3
    noun

    Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · someone who leaves one... emigreemigreeoutgoer
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms nonemigrant
Related forms emigration

Etymology

From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).

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