Expatriate
noun
A person who lives outside their native country.
Many British expatriates live in Spain.
Often appears as...
- british expatriate
- expatriate community
adjective
Living outside one's native country.
He had an expatriate lifestyle, living in various countries around the world.
Often appears as...
- expatriate lifestyle
- expatriate worker
verb
To leave one's home country to live in another.
He decided to expatriate to Australia for a more relaxed lifestyle.
Often appears as...
- expatriate to
- expatriate from
noun
A person who lives outside their native country.
Many British expatriates live in Spain.
Often appears as...
- british expatriate
- expatriate community
adjective
Living outside one's native country.
He had an expatriate lifestyle, living in various countries around the world.
Often appears as...
- expatriate lifestyle
- expatriate worker
verb
To leave one's home country to live in another.
He decided to expatriate to Australia for a more relaxed lifestyle.
Often appears as...
- expatriate to
- expatriate from
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Identity Nuance
An expatriate often retains their original citizenship and identity while living abroad.
Although they are an expatriate in Japan, they still celebrate American Thanksgiving.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Being an expatriate may be temporary; they can plan to return to their home country.
She's an expatriate for now, but she might move back to Italy next year.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Circles
Expatriates often join communities of people from their home country or other expatriates.
The expatriate found a local club for fellow Germans in Brazil.
Pro Tip 1/3Identity Nuance
An expatriate often retains their original citizenship and identity while living abroad.
Although they are an expatriate in Japan, they still celebrate American Thanksgiving.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Being an expatriate may be temporary; they can plan to return to their home country.
She's an expatriate for now, but she might move back to Italy next year.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Circles
Expatriates often join communities of people from their home country or other expatriates.
The expatriate found a local club for fellow Germans in Brazil.
Pro Tip 1/3Identity Nuance
An expatriate often retains their original citizenship and identity while living abroad.
Although they are an expatriate in Japan, they still celebrate American Thanksgiving.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Being an expatriate may be temporary; they can plan to return to their home country.
She's an expatriate for now, but she might move back to Italy next year.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Circles
Expatriates often join communities of people from their home country or other expatriates.
The expatriate found a local club for fellow Germans in Brazil.
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Johanna Figueira:...
and I've lived in the US for six years. If you ask me about my life as an expatriate, I would say that I've been lucky. But it hasn't been easy. Growing up, I never thought that I was going to leave my homeland.
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Gun violence as told by...
rock group comprised mostly of expats from Iran Ali was vibrant full of positive energy nothing but love I was used to reporting on people I didn't
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Can Primates be Human...
seventy percent of them are expats so the big problem we have right now are the expat problem monkey parents tend to
Video examples
Johanna Figueira:...
and I've lived in the US for six years. If you ask me about my life as an expatriate, I would say that I've been lucky. But it hasn't been easy. Growing up, I never thought that I was going to leave my homeland.
Video examples
Gun violence as told by...
rock group comprised mostly of expats from Iran Ali was vibrant full of positive energy nothing but love I was used to reporting on people I didn't
Video examples
Can Primates be Human...
seventy percent of them are expats so the big problem we have right now are the expat problem monkey parents tend to
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Chang-Rae Lee
South Korean Novelist
I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate - with all the attendant problems and complications and delight.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I see myself as a perennial expatriate because, frankly, I don't think I fit comfortably in any conventional form of filmmaking, and I feel at the same time, depending on the project, I fit into many different ones.
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
I don't know a writer who doesn't feel some sense of glamour and magic and a complex, wistful sadness emanating from the expats of the twenties in France. Some of the sadness, of course, is that we weren't there.
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Vaani Kapoor
Indian Actress
My internship with Oberoi hotels and later working with the ITC group in Jaipur helped me get a better exposure; I got to meet expatriates and get acquainted with people from different parts of the country.
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Chris Pavone
American Novelist
Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the lifestyle is very conducive to making fast, close friends.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
Pakistani Scientist
I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.
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Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
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Alain Dehaze
Belgian Businessman
For employers, mobility no longer means merely traditional expatriate placements, but moving jobs to where talented people are located.
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Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
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William Klein
French Photographer
Being an expatriate doesn't go down well in America.
Quote examples
Chang-Rae Lee
South Korean Novelist
I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate - with all the attendant problems and complications and delight.
Quote examples
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I see myself as a perennial expatriate because, frankly, I don't think I fit comfortably in any conventional form of filmmaking, and I feel at the same time, depending on the project, I fit into many different ones.
Quote examples
Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
I don't know a writer who doesn't feel some sense of glamour and magic and a complex, wistful sadness emanating from the expats of the twenties in France. Some of the sadness, of course, is that we weren't there.
Quote examples
Vaani Kapoor
Indian Actress
My internship with Oberoi hotels and later working with the ITC group in Jaipur helped me get a better exposure; I got to meet expatriates and get acquainted with people from different parts of the country.
Quote examples
Chris Pavone
American Novelist
Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the lifestyle is very conducive to making fast, close friends.
Quote examples
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Pakistani Scientist
I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.
Quote examples
Tony Campolo
American Clergyman
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
Quote examples
Alain Dehaze
Belgian Businessman
For employers, mobility no longer means merely traditional expatriate placements, but moving jobs to where talented people are located.
Quote examples
Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
Quote examples
William Klein
French Photographer
Being an expatriate doesn't go down well in America.
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