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
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.
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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
The law banned the immigration of people of Asian lineage and restricted emigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 28 May 2024
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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
The law banned the immigration of people of Asian lineage and restricted emigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 28 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Medium-distance migrants: These are birds that migrate a few hundred miles.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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Founded in the 1600s, Boston boasts architecture influenced by early English and European migrants.—
Food Drink Life,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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Born in a Syrian refugee camp, Khalil has talked about his Palestinian heritage and was a major figure during last spring and summer's protests on the Columbia University campus in New York City.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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Other immigration plans, including the detention of deportees at Guantanamo Bay and stopping the country's refugee resettlement program, have also been challenged in court.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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