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Webster 1913 Edition

Emigrant

Em′i-grant

,
Adj.
[L.
emigrans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
emigrare
to emigrate: cf. F.
émigrant
. See
Emigrate
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Removing from one country to another; emigrating;
as, an
emigrant
company or nation
.
2.
Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants;
as, an
emigrant
ship or hospital
.
Syn. –
Emigrant
,
Immigrant
. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emigrant

EM'IGRANT

,
Adj.
[See Emigrate.] Removing from one place or country to another distant place with a view to reside.

EM'IGRANT

,
Noun.
One who removes his habitation, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Definition 2024

émigrant

émigrant

See also: emigrant, Emigrant, and êmigrant

French

Adjective

émigrant m ‎(feminine singular émigrante, masculine plural émigrants, feminine plural émigrantes)

  1. migrating
    Une troupe émigrante.

Noun

émigrant m ‎(plural émigrants)

  1. migrator
    Le nom du Bronx provient de Jonas Bronck, un émigrant suédois qui fut le premier à coloniser cette zone.

Verb

émigrant

  1. present participle of émigrer
    Exodus 1947 est un bateau qui transporta en 1947 des Juifs émigrant clandestinement d'Europe vers la Palestine.

References

Etymology

present participle of émigrer

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