emigrant

emigrant
emigrant, immigrant, migrant
1. An emigrant is someone who leaves his or her home country to live in another country; and an immigrant is one who comes to live in a country from abroad. The same person is therefore an emigrant on going through the exit gate at a port or airport and is an immigrant when given permission to take up residence in the country of arrival. The corresponding verbs are emigrate and immigrate. (Note one m in emigrant etc. and two ms in immigrant etc.)
2. A migrant is (a) a migrating animal or bird, (b) in Australia and New Zealand, an immigrant, or (c, in full economic migrant) someone who travels from one country or area to another to find work or an improved standard of living. An émigré (French = having emigrated) is a political emigrant, originally one from France during the French Revolution.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • emigrant — EMIGRÁNT, Ă, emigranţi, te s.m. şi f., adj. (Persoană) care emigrează; emigrat. – Din fr. émigrant. Trimis de RACAI, 14.01.2009. Sursa: DEX 98  EMIGRÁNT s., adj. expatriat, pribeag. Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime  emigránt s …   Dicționar Român

  • émigrant — émigrant, ante [ emigrɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] n. • 1770; de émigrer ♦ Personne qui émigre. ⇒ migrant. « Tu regardes les yeux pleins de larmes ces pauvres émigrants » (Apollinaire). ● émigrant, émigrante adjectif et nom Qui émigre : Bateau chargé d émigrants.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • émigrant — émigrant, ante (é mi gran, gran t ) 1°   S. m. et f. Celui, celle qui émigre de son pays pour aller s établir ailleurs.    Dans toute la discussion de 1791 à l Assemblée constituante, on dit toujours émigrant, et jamais émigré. •   L assemblée… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Emigrant — Em i*grant, a. [L. emigrans, antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. [ e]migrant. See {Emigrate}, v. i.] 1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to an emigrant;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Emigrant — Em i*grant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another. Syn: {Emigrant}, {Immigrant}. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emigrant — em‧i‧grant [ˈemɪgrənt] noun [countable] someone who leaves their own country to live permanently in another country: • the 1830s, when a tide of emigrants left Europe for Australia compare immigrant * * * emigrant UK US /ˈemɪgrənt/ noun [C] ►… …   Financial and business terms

  • emigrant — emigrant, immigrant are comparable but not interchangeable when denoting a person who leaves one country in order to settle in another. Emigrant (so also emigrate and emigration) is used with reference to the country from which, immigrant (so… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • emigrant — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mos I, Mc. emigrantncie; lm M. emigrantnci {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} człowiek, który wyemigrował z własnego kraju; wychodźca : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Emigrant polityczny. <łac.> {{/stl 10}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Emigrant — (lat.), Auswanderer; s. Auswanderung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • emigrant — index alien Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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