expatriate

[ verb eks-pey-tree-eytor, especially British, -pa-tree-; adjective noun eks-pey-tree-it, -eytor, especially British, -pa-tree- ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing.

1. to banish (a person) from their native country.
2. to withdraw (oneself ) from residence in one's native country.
3. to withdraw (oneself ) from allegiance to one's country.

verb (used without object)

, ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing.

1. to become an expatriate:

   He expatriated from his homeland.

adjective

1. expatriated; exiled.

noun

1. an expatriated person:

   Many American writers were living as expatriates in Paris.

expatriate

adjective

1. resident in a foreign country
2. exiled or banished from one's native country

   an expatriate American

noun

1. a person who lives in a foreign country
2. an exile; expatriate person

verb

1. to exile (oneself) from one's native country or cause (another) to go into exile
2. to deprive (oneself or another) of citizenship

Derived Forms

• exˌpatriˈation, noun

Other Words From

• ex·patri·ation noun
• self-ex·patri·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of expatriate¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from Medieval Latin expatriātus (past participle of expatriāre “to banish”), equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + patri(a) “native land” + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of expatriate¹

C18: from Medieval Latin expatriāre, from Latin ex- ¹+ patria native land

Example Sentences

Yet for all his enthusiasm for the American film industry, he remained forever an expatriate.

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Alex Aciman on two new memoirs of life in Greece and Italy and the tricks that expatriate life can play.

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The stories of girls overseas have not often been part of the canon of American expatriate writing, Kaplan points out.

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To this recently returned expatriate, the latter sounds rather like magical thinking.

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The longtime expatriate who came to think of Indonesia as her home raised a steadfast American patriot.

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I have no patience with those people who expatriate themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

But it would also have had the determination that he had failed to expatriate himself and that he was an American citizen.

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Then he prevailed upon the clans to sign a truce and expatriate their chiefs for one year in distant States.

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There remained the resource of travel, one of those journeys to countries so distant that they expatriate even the thoughts.

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Was he supposed to wait patiently until she returned, or to expatriate himself in order to join her?

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