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Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-i-gruh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm ɪ grənt



Definition of emigrant

Origin :
  • 1754, from Latin emigrantem (nominative emigrans), present participle of emigrare (see emigration).
  • noun person who leaves his or her native country
Example sentences :
  • Behold me on my way to an Emigrant Ship, on a hot morning early in June.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • He had not a sou of money for his passage, as he had not even been able to pay for an emigrant's ticket.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The only response is, that I have acted for an emigrant, and where is that emigrant?
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Not an emigrant, he hoped, within the sense and spirit of the law.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • What does the emigrant from Europe bring to America besides his baggage?
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • We must have all the emigrant fun we can, for we'll only be Ted and Kitty after we get home.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 » by Various
  • He is an emigrant rather than a sailor, for he has only shipped for a passage.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • But capital is indispensable to his success, and no emigrant should proceed there without it.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • Then there is another danger—the tendency of emigrant colonization.
  • Extract from : « 'America for Americans!' » by John Philip Newman
  • The newer American emigrant came for land and secured it outside.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

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