emigrant Definition
emi·grant (em′i grənt)
adjective
- emigrating
- of emigrants or emigration
Etymology: L emigrans, prp. of emigrare
noun
a person who emigrates
emigrant Synonyms
emigrant
n.
emigrant Usage Examples
Converse of object
- assist: Clarke had gone out with Mr. Reed, I believe, under the pretense of assisting the emigrants.
- carry: Passenger lists from ships carrying emigrants from the 17th century.
- return: The last ship carrying returning emigrants left the West Indies for India in 1954.
- arrive: Once the trains arrived the emigrants made their way to their next destination.
- take: During the recession of the 1840s, Price Walker even resorted to taking emigrants to America in their empty timber ships.
- intend: Up to this date, Vere Foster had given assistance to intending emigrants without any stipulation that the money given should be paid back.
Preposition: on
board: There was only a small number of emigrants on board.
Adjective modifier
- Irish: Many of the Irish emigrants went to America or Canada.
- Jewish: There were Irish tenants and then, in the later 19th century, Jewish emigrants from Eastern Europe.
- Russian: In the Department I someone can find information on the Polish-Soviet relationships and reports on activity of the Russian emigrants ' committees abroad.
- Welsh: He was a leading member of the original party of Welsh emigrants who arrived in Patagonia on the " Mimosa " in 1865.
- Scottish: Enough has been said to show that the Scottish emigrant was not afraid of his religious opinions.
- Italian: Further problems arose with the use of the children of Italian emigrants in the national team.
Modifies a noun
- ship: The first emigrant ship ' The Friends Goodwill ' left Larne in 1717.
- vessel: This is generally expected on board of all emigrant vessels.
- letter: Our collections of emigrant letters for example are, in the main, written by ordinary people to their families back home.
- train: The separate departure platform for the emigrant trains has survived to the rear of this building.
- trade: He handled about a fifth of the emigrant trade of Liverpool.
- experience: Also on display are some emigrant letters, usually with transcripts, giving first hand accounts of the emigrant experience.
Noun used with modifier
child: There are few TNA documents available that record child emigrants for this period.
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