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emigrant


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Emigrant  \Em"i*grant\,  a.  [L.  emigrans,  -antis,  p.  pr  of 
  emigrare  to  emigrate:  cf  F.  ['e]migrant.  See  {Emigrate},  v. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Emigrant  \Em"i*grant\,  n. 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  emigrant 
  n  :  someone  who  leaves  one  country  to  settle  in  another  [syn:  {emigre}, 
  {emigree},  {outgoer}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Emigrant,  MT 
  Zip  code(s):  59027 




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