Synonyms for expatriate

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : verb eks-pey-tree-eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree-; adjective, noun eks-pey-tree-it, -eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree-

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛksˈpeɪ triˌeɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ tri-; adjective, noun ɛksˈpeɪ tri ɪt, -ˌeɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ tri-

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Définition of expatriate

Origin : 1768, from French expatrier "banish" (14c.), from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + patrie "native land," from Latin patria "one's native country," from pater (genitive patris) "father" (cf. patriot). Related: Expatriated; expatriating. The noun is from 1818, "one who has been banished;" main modern sense of "one who chooses to live abroad" is 1902.

noun person thrown out of a country
verb throw out of a country

Example sentences :

But if you wish to make a race endure, rely upon it you should expatriate them.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

To expatriate is purely oriental, quite unknown to the modern world.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

We were advised to expatriate ourselves, to banish ourselves.
Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

I have no patience with those people who expatriate themselves.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of an American Citizen » by Robert Herrick

At all events, the easiest way to cut the knot is to expatriate.
Extract from : « Hypatia » by Charles Kingsley

Have you any idea what could have induced him to expatriate himself thus, at his age?
Extract from : « Other People's Money » by Emile Gaboriau

You can get up now and prepare to go with us and expatriate your sins.'
Extract from : « Options » by O. Henry

His recantation could not, however, recall the thousands of Dutch-African farmers whom he helped to expatriate.
Extract from : « The Settler and the Savage » by R.M. Ballantyne

German parents have no desire to expatriate every year a considerable number of their children.
Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 » by Various

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