Emigrant
noun
A person who leaves their own country to live in another.
My grandfather was an emigrant from Italy who came to the U.S. in search of a better life.
Often appears as...
- emigrant population
- emigrant family
noun
A person who leaves their own country to live in another.
My grandfather was an emigrant from Italy who came to the U.S. in search of a better life.
Often appears as...
- emigrant population
- emigrant family
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Voluntary Action
Emigrants usually choose to leave their country, unlike refugees who are forced.
Many Polish emigrants moved to the UK for better work opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent Move
Emigrants typically relocate on a long-term basis, not just for a short visit.
The emigrant said farewell, knowing she might never return to her homeland.
Pro Tip 3/3New Beginnings
Emigrants often look for a fresh start or better quality of life in another country.
As an emigrant in Canada, he pursued the dream of starting his own business.
Pro Tip 1/3Voluntary Action
Emigrants usually choose to leave their country, unlike refugees who are forced.
Many Polish emigrants moved to the UK for better work opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent Move
Emigrants typically relocate on a long-term basis, not just for a short visit.
The emigrant said farewell, knowing she might never return to her homeland.
Pro Tip 3/3New Beginnings
Emigrants often look for a fresh start or better quality of life in another country.
As an emigrant in Canada, he pursued the dream of starting his own business.
Pro Tip 1/3Voluntary Action
Emigrants usually choose to leave their country, unlike refugees who are forced.
Many Polish emigrants moved to the UK for better work opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent Move
Emigrants typically relocate on a long-term basis, not just for a short visit.
The emigrant said farewell, knowing she might never return to her homeland.
Pro Tip 3/3New Beginnings
Emigrants often look for a fresh start or better quality of life in another country.
As an emigrant in Canada, he pursued the dream of starting his own business.
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Quote examples
Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.
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Samuel P. Huntington
American Sociologist
Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
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Roberto Di Matteo
Italian Footballer
I don't forget my roots. My father was an emigrant from Italy who worked in a steel factory. My mother worked part-time. When my father came home she would go out to work, cleaning offices.
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Ivan Krastev
Public Servant
America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.
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Ilkay Gundogan
German Athlete
We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.
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Francis Parkman
American Historian
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
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Chang-Rae Lee
South Korean Novelist
We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.
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William H. Wharton
American Politician
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.
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Alexei Navalny
Russian Activist
Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
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Balaji Srinivasan
American Businessman
Our nation of immigrants is, tautologically, a nation of emigrants.
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Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.
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Samuel P. Huntington
American Sociologist
Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
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Roberto Di Matteo
Italian Footballer
I don't forget my roots. My father was an emigrant from Italy who worked in a steel factory. My mother worked part-time. When my father came home she would go out to work, cleaning offices.
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Ivan Krastev
Public Servant
America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.
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Ilkay Gundogan
German Athlete
We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.
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Francis Parkman
American Historian
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
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Chang-Rae Lee
South Korean Novelist
We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later.
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William H. Wharton
American Politician
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.
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Alexei Navalny
Russian Activist
Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
Quote examples
Balaji Srinivasan
American Businessman
Our nation of immigrants is, tautologically, a nation of emigrants.
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