émigré

noun

ˈe-mi-ˌgrā How to pronounce émigré (audio)
variants also emigré
Definition of émigrénext
1
as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the revolution resulted in a flood of émigrés into neighboring countries

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2
as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another the émigrés moved to many different nations

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Recent Examples of émigré Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 By May, however, the Russian security services had begun to visit families of emigres to pressure them to convince their relatives to return to Russia. — Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022 The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
  1. refugee
  2. immigrant
  3. migrant
  4. settler
  5. emigrant
Noun
  • Over a decade ago, the Department of Defense warned that climate change would exacerbate natural disasters, refugee crises, and resource conflicts.
    — Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Bright bursts of color: Born into war, Abdi finds peace in a refugee camp Abdi came to a Kenyan refugee camp in the arms of her mother, a baby born to a country at war.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • The White House is trying to have it every way possible in a high-stakes dispute over its speedy deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That changed when waves of Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the 19th century, settling in cities like New York and Boston.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of immigrant
Noun
  • In other instances, including the president's attempt to invoke the wartime Alien Enemies Act to remove certain migrants, judges have issued temporary restraining orders that prevent enforcement of a policy, typically for 14 days, to allow for further proceedings.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Cabello said that of 920 migrants returned via five flights since February, only 16 have ongoing judicial processes in Venezuela.
    — Vivian Sequera, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • Archaeological finds of sturgeon remains support that early colonial settlers in North America, notably those who established Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1607, also prized these fish.
    — Logan Kistler, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And far from reining Israel in, Trump has floated relocating Gaza’s population, abolished Biden’s sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers, and sanctioned the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israel.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of settler
Noun
  • The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Definition of emigrant

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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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