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immigrant

im·mig·rant

UK/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/ US/ˈɪmʌɡrʌnt/ fairly common

noun

1.

a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

Origin

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

Phrases

  • digital immigrant
  • economic immigrant
  • illegal immigrant
  • immigrant species
  • landed immigrant
  • new immigrant
  • undocumented immigrant

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