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emigrant

  • /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/

Where it comes from

From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).

noun emigrants

  1. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.

Opposite: immigrant

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noun

Opposite: immigrant

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noun someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country

Españolemigrante
한국어이민 imin
日本語移民 imin
中文移民 yímín
हिन्दीउत्प्रवासी utpravāsī
Portuguêsemigrante
Françaisémigré, émigrée, émigrant, émigrante
DeutschAuswanderer, Auswanderin, Emigrant, Emigrantin, Aussiedler
Italianoemigrante
Ελληνικάαπόδημος apódimos, απόδημη apódimi
Românăemigrant, emigrantă
Русскийэмигра́нт emigránt, эмигра́нтка emigrántka
Tiếng Việtngười di cư, người xuất cư
العربيةمُهَاجِر muhājir, مُهَاجِرَة muhājira
עבריתיוֹרֵד yoréd

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@misc{emigrant_2026,
  title = {emigrant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emigrant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}