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Webster 1913 Edition

Emigrant

Em′i-grant

,
Adj.
[L.
emigrans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
emigrare
to emigrate: cf. F.
émigrant
. See
Emigrate
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Removing from one country to another; emigrating;
as, an
emigrant
company or nation
.
2.
Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants;
as, an
emigrant
ship or hospital
.
Syn. –
Emigrant
,
Immigrant
. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emigrant

EM'IGRANT

,
Adj.
[See Emigrate.] Removing from one place or country to another distant place with a view to reside.

EM'IGRANT

,
Noun.
One who removes his habitation, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Definition 2024

êmigrant

êmigrant

See also: emigrant, Emigrant, and émigrant

Norman

Noun

êmigrant m ‎(plural êmigrants)

  1. (Jersey) emigrant

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