as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a city with emigrants from many lands
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Recent Examples of emigrant
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as Mormons, murdered 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah on September 11, 1857.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
For one thing, emigrants from developing countries remit around $440 billion annually to relatives at home, a transfer that is three times the size of total official development aid worldwide.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
Israel's population includes many emigrants from Central Asia, most of whom arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
For one thing, emigrants from developing countries remit around $440 billion annually to relatives at home, a transfer that is three times the size of total official development aid worldwide.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
Israel's population includes many emigrants from Central Asia, most of whom arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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But there are multiple factors that are unique to Spain, including the fact that the majority of Spain's immigrants come from Latin America.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The arrest came as people with ties to American universities, most of whom have shown support for pro-Palestinian causes, have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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The results call into question a number of assumptions about Europeans’ attitudes to irregular migrants.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four settlers then kick and beat him before running away.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, one of its directors, Hamdan Ballal, reportedly was attacked by a group of the same Israeli settlers shown in the film about the West Bank destruction of homes by Israeli soldiers.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Cao herself was flown out of Vietnam in 1975 and came to the States as a 13-year-old refugee.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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Layoffs also hit the entire staff at the HHS Administration for Children and Families, a division that provides support for child care, family violence prevention, refugee resettlement and Head Start programs. 5.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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