Meaning of IMMIGRANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'imugrunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there |
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| | See Also: | | migrant, migrator | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im"mi*grant\, n. [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare
to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See {Immigrate}.]
One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the
purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
Syn: See {Emigrant}.
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| | Related Terms: | | alien, arrival, arriviste, citizen, citizen by adoption, colonial, colonist, colonizer, comer, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, displaced person, DP, emigrant, emigre, entrant, evacue, evacuee, exile, expatriate, foreigner, gate-crasher, greenhorn, homesteader, hyphenate, hyphenated American, incomer, in-migrant, intruder, metic, migrant, migrator, migratory worker, national, naturalized citizen, nester, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, nonnative citizen, novus homo, outlander, out-migrant, outsider, parvenu, pioneer, planter, precursor, recruit, rookie, settler, sooner, squatter, stateless person, stowaway, subject, tenderfoot, trekker, upstart, visitant, visitor, wetback |
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