expatriate Definition
ex·pa·tri·ate (eks pā′trē āt′; for adj. & n., usually, -it)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to drive (a person) from his or her native land; exile
- to withdraw (oneself) from one's native land or from allegiance to it
Etymology: < 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
expatriate Related Forms
ex·pa′·tria′·tion noun
expatriate Synonyms
expatriate Synonyms
expatriate Usage Examples
Object
insurance: Whether illinois medical insurance or not damage because there and expatriate medical insurance it would.
Converse of object
- help: Part of the huge HBOS group and still keen to help the expatriate.
- return: Re-entering the ' home ' culture 60 % of returned expatriates report that they had predominantly negative feelings about returning to their own country.
- include: The project employed 2,500 people, including 300 expatriates and 2,200 locals.
- evacuate: EUROPEAN and Arab nations and the United States moved overnight to evacuate expatriates and tourists from.. .
- base: This week, SARS has caused many expatriates based in the Far East to leave the area.
- have: Our organization currently has 11 expatriates and around 40 local staff.
Adjective modifier
- Iraqi: He added that many Iraqi expatriates would likely return home to help.
- British: However, a British expatriate can bring a claim for unfair dismissal in a few exceptional cases.
- American: While in France he became friendly with American expatriates such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound.
- English: The next day I breakfast with an English expatriate.
- other: There will always be other expatriates with plenty to say in the local bar or at the 19th hole on the golf course.
- fellow: Rose moved to England in the mid 1970s, performing occasionally in clubs around London, sometimes with his fellow expatriate Tim Hardin.
Modifies a noun
- relocation: Helping them understand their role in the expatriate relocation.
- Scot: The company had to ask certain wealthy, expatriate Scots for help to get back to Scotland.
- assignment: We were living in Leeds for 2 years while my wife was on an expatriate assignment with General Electric.
- employe: All you need to qualify is a minimum of three expatriate employees.
- worker: The Western expatriate worker has now become a common feature in many Middle Eastern countries.
- manager: An expatriate manager has to be paid wages that are about equal to the home salary.
Modifying Another Word
inward: We have written to employers we think may have inward expatriate employees.
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