emigrant
/ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/ noun
Forms emigrants
- noun Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
- noun Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.
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Etymology
From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
- adjective Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
- noun One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
Etymology [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “emigrant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details