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Webster 1913 Edition
Expatriate
Ex-pa′tri-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expatriated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Expatriating
.] [LL.
expatriatus
, p. p. of expatriare
; L. ex
out + patria
fatherland, native land, fr. pater
father. See Patriot
.] 1.
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
The
expatriated
landed interest of France. Burke.
2.
Reflexively, as To expatriate one’s self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expatriate
EXPAT'RIATE
,Verb.
T.
In a general sense, to banish.
To expatriate one's self, is to quit one's country, renouncing citizenship and allegiance in that country, to take residence and become a citizen in another country. The right to expatriate one's self is denied in feudal countries, and much controverted in the U. States.
Definition 2024
expatriate
expatriate
English
Adjective
expatriate (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
- an expatriate mailing list
Translations
of people who are expatriates
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Noun
expatriate (plural expatriates)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
person living outside own country
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person who has been banished from his own country
See also
Verb
expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)
- (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Related terms
Translations
banish
withdraw from one’s country
renounce citizenship and become a citizen of another country
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