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Added 8 October 2026

emigrant

/ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/ noun

Latin root: ēmigrāns Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about emigrant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.

Origin

From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).

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