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transmigrant definition

trans·mi·grant (trans mī′grənt, tranz-)

adjective

that transmigrates

Etymology: L transmigrans, prp. of transmigrare

noun

a person or thing that transmigrates; specif., an emigrant passing through a country or place on the way to the country in which he or she will be an immigrant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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