migrant

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈmaɪɡrənt/ UK /ˈmaɪɡr(ə)nt/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
a person or animal that moves from one region to another

Migrant workers followed the harvest from south to north.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or animal that... emigrant immigrant nomad wanderer itinerant traveler transient

Opposites

native resident settler

Word family

Related forms migrate migration migratory emigrant

Etymology

From Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'.

migrāre Latin *mei- Proto-Indo-European

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# migrant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈmaɪɡrənt
**IPA (UK):** ˈmaɪɡr(ə)nt

## Meanings
1. a person or animal that moves from one region to another

## Examples
- Migrant workers followed the harvest from south to north.

## Synonyms
- emigrant
- immigrant
- nomad
- wanderer
- itinerant
- traveler
- transient

## Antonyms
- native
- resident
- settler

## Related Forms
- migrate
- migration
- migratory
- emigrant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: migrāre
- Root: *mei-

## Etymology
From Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'.

## AI Etymology
Migrant comes from Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'. The etymological trail includes Latin migrāre, Proto-Indo-European *mei-. The same word family includes migrate, migration, migratory, emigrant. Its current noun use means "a person or animal that moves from one region to another".

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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