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To expatriate is defined as to be removed from or to leave one's homeland.

(verb)

An example of to expatriate is for a U.S. citizen to flee the U.S. and live in Canada.

The definition of an expatriate is someone who has left his or her homeland.

(noun)

An example of a an expatriate is a Canadian who has moved from Canada to be married and employed in the United States.

Expatriate is someone living in a foreign country.

(adjective)

An example of expatriate used as an adjective is the phrase expatriate artists which means a group of French artists living in Germany.

See expatriate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb expatriated, expatriating

to drive (a person) from his or her native land; exile
to withdraw (oneself) from one's native land or from allegiance to it

Origin: < pp. of ML expatriare, to leave the homeland < L ex, out of + patria, fatherland < pater, father

adjective

that has become an expatriate; expatriated

noun

an expatriated person

Related Forms:

expatriation noun

See expatriate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing, ex·pa·tri·ates

verb, transitive

To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.
To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.

verb, intransitive

To give up residence in one's homeland.
To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.

noun (-ĭt, -ātˌ)

One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
One who has renounced one's native land.

adjective (-ĭt, -ātˌ)

Residing in a foreign country; expatriated: “She delighted in the bohemian freedom enjoyed by the expatriate artists, writers, and performers living in Rome” (Janet H. Murray).

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin expatriāre, expatriāt-

Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-

Origin: + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

ex·paˌtri·aˈtion noun

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