migrant Definition
mi·grant (mī′grənt)
adjective
migrating; migratory
Etymology: L migrans, prp. of migrare
noun
- a person, bird, or animal that migrates
- ☆ a farm laborer who moves from place to place to harvest seasonal crops
migrant Synonyms
migrant
n.
Traveler
wanderer, wayfarer, journeyer, globe-trotter, vagabond, hobo, vagrant, transient. Temporary laborer
migrant worker, day laborer, itinerant worker, migratory worker.
migrant Usage Examples
Converse of object
- arrive: March 19th Although distinctly fewer new migrants arrived today there was still plenty to see.
- ground: Grounded migrants remain scarce but a Whinchat, five Wheatears and 16 Chiffchaffs were seen.
Adjective modifier
- scarce: The only other scarce migrant seen was a Hen Harrier that flew north over Weston in the afternoon.
- undocumented: That is why it important to fight against the detention and deportation of everyone - whether asylum seeker, overstayer or undocumented migrant.
- palearctic: Kenya: Very common palearctic migrant from October to April.
- passerine: Passerine migrants were a single Yellow Wagtail and four Sand Martins which came in off the sea and headed inland.
- skilled: I am talking here of skilled economic migrants who can afford expensive housing.
- irregular: There is no exact overlap between the informal economy and irregular migrants.
Modifies a noun
- worker: There is a lot of eastern migrant workers on these farms.
- farmworker: Touching ways such manong migrant farmworkers control of the.
- wader: Sanderling: The largest count of this migrant wader was sixty three on the rocks at Porth Loo on 24th.
- passerine: The few trees in the area act as magnets to passing migrant passerines to add to the diversity.
- laborer: The earnings of the migrant laborers are even more chancy.
- shorebirds: Port Allen and the nearby Hanapepe Salt Pond are regular sites to look for Gulls and migrant Shorebirds.
Noun used with modifier
- commoner: Wheatears and Whinchats were still present in good numbers but most other commoner migrants were thin on the ground.
- manong: Touching ways such manong migrant farmworkers control of the.
- passage: A further 15 species visit the area in winter, and 104 species are recorded as passage migrants in spring and autumn.
- autumn: Overhead, Ravens may soar by while Swifts, Sand Martins and other early autumn migrants are already heading south.
- spring: Spring Mid May is an excellent time for spring migrants.
- summer: These two summer migrants are most likely to be heard in suburban or rural gardens near woodland.

