emigrant

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  1. noun One that emigrates.
  2. adjective Of or relating to emigrants or the act of emigrating.

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  • Michonnis and the emigrant were detected and forthwith apprehended; and the vigilance exercised in regard to the unfortunate prisoner became from that day more rigorous than ever The Queen was lodged in a room called the council chamber, which was considered as the moat unwholesome apartment in the Conciergerie on account of its dampness and the bad smells by which it was continually affected. —  The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire
  • Bonaparte replied as follows GENERAL--An emigrant is a parricide whom no character can render sacred. —  Memoirs of Napoleon, V1
  • To attract the attention of settlers, he advised that the emigrant should be [Pg 185] entitled to a grant, to purchase an addition at a low price, and to receive a bonus in land, for the stock he might rear, or according to the industry and skill he might otherwise exhibit. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2), by John West
  • The emigrant has been the theme of song and story. —  The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
  • She was an English emigrant, and had, seventeen years before the time we write of settled at Pine Point, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, along with her brother, the blacksmith above referred to. —  The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains
 

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emigrant:   emigrants
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  1. = French émigrant = Spanish Portuguese Italian emigrante (= D. G. Danish Swedish emigrant, n.), from Latinemigran(t-)s, present participle of emigrare, move away, emigrate: see emigrate. Cf. immigrant.
 

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/ˈɛmɪgrənt/
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