émigrés

noun

variants also emigrés
Definition of émigrésnext
plural of émigré
1
as in refugees
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 immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another the émigrés moved to many different nations

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  1. refugees
  2. migrants
  3. settlers
Noun
  • American Baptist missionaries in the 1800s converted Indians and Burmese to the faith, and churches in the Milwaukee area are seeing the effects of those conversions today, especially among Burmese refugees.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Milwaukee is believed to be home to one of the largest groups of Burmese refugees in the country — among them the Muslim Rohingya — but also the Karen and Chin, who have started several local American Baptist churches.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of refugees
Noun
  • The United States historically has expelled the majority of migrants without legal status to Mexico and other Central American countries.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Most recently, nearly 454,000 migrants living in the country without legal permission were deported between 2008 and 2014, according to a study by Robert Lynch, an economics professor at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of migrants
Noun
  • James Stinson sold his ranch to the Flake family for $11,000 in cash in 1878, and Mormon settlers began to move to the new settlement.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • When, in 2024, the Biden administration sanctioned extremist Israeli settlers for attacking or dispossessing Palestinians, Israeli banks had no choice but to cut them off, to the fury and consternation of Israel’s far-right finance minister.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
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“émigrés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9s. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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