Synonyms for emigre

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪ; French eɪ miˈgreɪ

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Définition of emigre

Origin : 1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.

noun emigrant

Example sentences :

A future king of France, while an emigre, had been to Louisiana.
Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill

I thought I was saving an emigre, but I love you better as a Republican.
Extract from : « The Chouans » by Honore de Balzac

The old captain was an emigre, and had returned undecided what he would do.
Extract from : « The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete » by Constant

You do not understand how delicate the position of an emigre is towards those who are now in possession of his property.
Extract from : « An Historical Mystery » by Honore de Balzac

Were you aware that sometime in the fall of 1963, that a lady was residing with Mrs. Paine who was a Russian emigre?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

That's correct, because being of the same nationality, I thought he was hurting all of our emigre here in Dallas.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Now, among the Russian emigre group in Dallas, did you ever know of anybody that you even thought might be a Communist?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

I had my suspicions, having just come from an emigre party where the Marquise was hating and praising him as usual.
Extract from : « Rewards and Fairies » by Rudyard Kipling

It's neither here nor there, of course, but those French emigre parties they almost make you cry.
Extract from : « Rewards and Fairies » by Rudyard Kipling

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