Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
- n. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
- adj. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Immigrating; having immigrated.
- n. One who or that which immigrates, as a person, an animal, or a plant; specifically, a person who migrates into a country for the purpose of permanent residence: correlative to emigrant, as strictly used.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
- n. A person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle in the new country.
- n. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of
emigrant .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
Examples
“It is important of course to note that the term immigrant at that time was racially defined so that While people were not immigrants but were either settlers or foreigners.”
“He has expressed his pleasure with the leading U.S. presidential candidates 'views on immigration reform and the amnesty they support and his displeasure to "The New York Times" about what he calls immigrant bashing in America.”
“Those protesters say they are marching for what they call immigrant rights, but the illegal alien lobby is manipulating the language of these protests and demonstrations for much wider and often hidden political purposes.”
“DOBBS: Illegal aliens and their supporters say they are marching today in support of what they call immigrant rights.”
“Your immigrant is an asset, not merely because he represents a certain amount of brains and sinew, but because all that is good in him urges him to pay that debt to Canada.”
“My Grandfather earned the title "immigrant" and later "American" because he embraced his new home country and contributed to it.”
“Critics conveniently connect the word 'immigrant' with the word 'illegal' when talking about the Welcome Dayton plan, but that's not what this initiative is all about," City Manager Tim Riordan said in a news release.”
“Eventually, we expect to become citizens of Mexico, so "immigrant" is more appropriate.”
“In 1938, with the increasingly harsh Stalinist policies regarding foreigners, she and her husband moved to Paris, where she continued her artistic and theatrical activities, primarily in German immigrant theater companies.”
“Both had lived quiet lives in Italian immigrant enclaves near Boston, but their betrayal by their adopted country would make their names famous around the world.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘immigrant’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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POL - What is Mitt talking about?
Key terms from Mitt Romney's election campaign
good and generous..., hard fought election, go back to work, optimistic and po..., confident in the ..., optimism, uniquely American, nation of immigrants, want a better life, life in that plac..., pursuit of the ri..., richness of this ... and 369 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Review
Words to study and become more familiar with.
phatic, tontine, backronym, polyptoton, fissiparous, deus ex machina, orrery, prolly, mad props, snog, oubliette, copyleft and 101 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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European World Systems
europe, colonization, defense, barter, feudalism, gunpowder, technology, guns, domination, lords, monarchs, transition and 250 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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humanitarian
orphan, oppressed, laborer, immigrant, foreigner, widow, alien, microloan
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Travelling People
traveller, voyager, vagrant, tramp, nomad, gypsy, hitchhiker, itinerant, pilgrim, vagabond, drifter, wayfarer and 18 more...
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Immigration
Words that we will encounter during our study of immigration!
immigration, emigrate, immigrant, emigrant, migrate, tennement, steerage, decade, detainee, ward, indentured, literacy and 41 more...
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A Collectivist Utopia
Words that people like to place before community. Individualism is dead, you heard it here first!
scientific, global, academic, intelligence, law enforcement, religious, health, immigrant, social justice, medical, fashion, gay and 7 more...
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Katharina's list
immigration
hispanics, difficulty, immigrant, to immigrate into, to adopt differen..., acculturation, melting pot, to encourage, to grant asylum, to apply for asylum
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