repat
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun A person who moves back to his or her native country after emigrating; a repatriate.
Examples
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Wootton Bassett's current mayor, Paul Heaphy, admits there was a fear that the "repat days" had become too big.
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There's a lot of repat pain out there, though as reader Lucas Godinez notes, "You really have to live through repatriation to understand it; the others will think returning expats are cry babies."
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We could help reminding ourselves of the story when we read that Richard and Judy's new show on digital channel Watch attracted an average audience of 100,000 viewers, even with the repat figures rising to 143,000.
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I am a Russian repat, and there aren't that many of us.
Note
The word 'repat' is a shortening of 'repatriate'.
