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emigrant

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/

The English word “emigrant” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.

Etymology

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

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