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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


Emigrant

Emigrant

See also: emigrant, émigrant, and êmigrant

German

Noun

Emigrant m (genitive Emigranten, plural Emigranten, feminine Emigrantin)

  1. emigrant

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emigrant

emigrant

See also: Emigrant, émigrant, and êmigrant

English

Noun

emigrant (plural emigrants)

  1. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

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Catalan

Verb

emigrant

  1. present participle of emigrar

Czech

Noun

emigrant m

  1. emigrant

Latin

Verb

ēmigrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ēmigrō

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emǐɡrant/
  • Hyphenation: e‧mi‧grant

Noun

emìgrant m (Cyrillic spelling емѝгрант)

  1. emigrant

Declension