immigrant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who comes to live permanently in a country that is not their own.

   Many immigrants arrived in the city looking for work and a better life.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to immigrants or to coming to live in a new country.

   The town has a large immigrant community from across Europe.

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

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