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immigrant definition

☆ im·migrant (im′ə grənt)

noun

  1. a person who immigrates
  2. a plant or animal that has recently appeared for the first time in a locality

Etymology: < L immigrans, prp.

adjective

  1. of or relating to immigrants
  2. immigrating

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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