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
When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Circumnavigated the globe 21 times, transported emigrants from Britain to New Zealand, hauled salmon from Alaska.
—Roger Showley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
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 motel, which is owned by his father and his uncle, emigrants from London, is not far from where Naran grew up, in Echo Park.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Circumnavigated the globe 21 times, transported emigrants from Britain to New Zealand, hauled salmon from Alaska.
—Roger Showley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
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 motel, which is owned by his father and his uncle, emigrants from London, is not far from where Naran grew up, in Echo Park.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
Noun
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Federal prosecutors charged him with a single felony, of an undocumented immigrant possessing a gun.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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In Florida, where almost 28% of all jobs are held by immigrants, the industry with the highest concentration of immigrant labor isn’t the resort industry but construction, in which 11.1% of employees are foreign-born.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Even as many New Yorkers, especially migrants, remain regular churchgoers, others have drifted away from the faith.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man known as the city’s first non-native settler, sold his properties in Chicago.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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In the 18th century, the Boston Tea Party helped tip the nation permanently toward coffee, and Scotch-Irish settlers kick-started American potato growing in New Hampshire.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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The March, and the Madrid Accords agreement between Spain, Morocco and Mauretania that followed, signified regime change and the forceful displacement of majority of Sahrawis, many of whom now live in refugee camps in Algeria.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Former Afghan football captain Khalida Popal speaks out on her country's fall to the Taliban 05:08 FIFA creates pathway to Afghan women’s refugee team FIFA also announced its strategy for action regarding women’s soccer in Afghanistan, which envisions the creation of an Afghan women’s refugee team.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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