migrant

noun

mi·grant ˈmī-grənt

plural migrants

Synonyms of migrant next

: someone or something that migrates: such as

: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops

farms employing migrants during the growing season

: immigrant sense a

especially : refugee

… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —

Colleen Long

: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another

migrant adjective

migrant labor

migrant birds

Examples of migrant in a Sentence

migrants in search of work on farms Not all birds are migrants.

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Several Yemeni al-Qaeda operatives failed to get visas to the U.S. because they were viewed as potential economic migrants, McDermott and Meyer write. —

Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025 Loading your audio article The city opening a massive new migrant shelter in the Bronx, the Daily News has learned — a sign that city is still wrestling with the tens of thousands of migrants in the city’s care despite dozens of shelter closures. —

Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025 Many migrants traveling through Mexico rely on the criminal gangs to get them across the border, often at great expense or through exploitation. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 The pair will be received at a humanitarian center for migrants before likely being moved to a reception center for mothers and children on another island, a spokesperson for the Spanish government in the Canaries said. —

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