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émigré definition

émi·gré or emigré e′mi·gré′ (em′i grā′, em′i grā′)

noun

  1. an emigrant
  2. a person forced to flee his or her country for political reasons, as a Royalist during the French Revolution

Etymology: Fr < pp. of émigrer < L emigrare: see emigrate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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