plural migrants
: someone or something that migrates: such as
a
: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops
farms employing migrants during the growing season
b
: immigrant sense a
especially
: refugee
… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —
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c
: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another
migrant
adjective
migrant labor
migrant birds
Examples of migrant in a Sentence
migrants in search of work on farms
Not all birds are migrants.
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Other states that received some of the highest interstate migrants were North Carolina (392,010), South Carolina (314,953), Arizona (252,654) and Tennessee (252,180).
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The results call into question a number of assumptions about Europeans’ attitudes to irregular migrants.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Karim Daoud, an Egyptian migrant of Flemington, N.J., willingly went to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to clear up a problem with his work-authorization documents and was ultimately detained in an ICE facility, according to family friend Rachel Mascitelli.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Two female migrants, one of whom was pregnant, were rescued last week by Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office after they became stranded in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area after crossing illegally into the United States.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The results call into question a number of assumptions about Europeans’ attitudes to irregular migrants.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Karim Daoud, an Egyptian migrant of Flemington, N.J., willingly went to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to clear up a problem with his work-authorization documents and was ultimately detained in an ICE facility, according to family friend Rachel Mascitelli.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Two female migrants, one of whom was pregnant, were rescued last week by Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office after they became stranded in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area after crossing illegally into the United States.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for migrant
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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