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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Emigrant

/ĕm'-əg-rənt/ · Em·i·grant · IPA /ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/
01 a. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
  1. 1.
    Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
02 n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
  1. 1.
    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.