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Emigrant
Pronunciation : Em"i*grant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. ?migrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Em"i*grant
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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