: departing or having departed from a country to settle elsewhere
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Noun
Millions of European emigrants came to America in the 19th century.
a city with emigrants from many lands
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
By September 2, the troops were camped along the North Platte near a place called Ash Hollow, a popular stopping point for westward-traveling emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Elizabeth Collett, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Waltz and Dafoe are wily and meticulous as emigrant and southern-rebel types, both seen leaning back, crossing their legs like Henry Fonda’s contemplative Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
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Noun
Prospective emigrants must navigate extensive background checks, provide proof of wealth origin, and demonstrate significant liquid assets beyond their investment commitments.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
By September 2, the troops were camped along the North Platte near a place called Ash Hollow, a popular stopping point for westward-traveling emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
McDonald-Gibson points out the irony of central and eastern Europeans vilifying asylum seekers even as their own countries’ emigrant citizens are denigrated across western Europe, where millions of Czechs, Poles, Slovaks, and others have gone to work in the past decade.
—Elizabeth Collett, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Waltz and Dafoe are wily and meticulous as emigrant and southern-rebel types, both seen leaning back, crossing their legs like Henry Fonda’s contemplative Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emigrant. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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