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emigrant definition

emi·grant (em′i grənt)

adjective

  1. emigrating
  2. of emigrants or emigration

Etymology: L emigrans, prp. of emigrare

noun

a person who emigrates

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