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migrant
[ mahy-gruhnt ]
noun
- a person or animal that migrates.
- a person who attempts to permanently relocate to a new country, but who may be subject to removal by the government of that country: unaccompanied child migrants. Compare immigrant.
undocumented migrants;
unaccompanied child migrants.
- Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
migrant
/ ˈmaɪɡrənt /
noun
- a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another
- an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another
- an immigrant, esp a recent one
- ( as modifier )
a migrant hostel
adjective
- moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
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- non·migrant adjective noun
- un·migrant adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of migrant1
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Example Sentences
Dehydrated and feeling weary, Marino lay down beside another migrant under a tree and fell asleep.
With the help of a Jamaican migrant worker, he returns to his homeland to find his father.
The actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.
While migrant ship tragedies at sea happen all too often, the latest sinking appears to have been no accident.
“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.
Common migrant; breeds in the North; a few may winter in the State.
Migrant; rare, if not accidental; only one specimen, and that a female.
Migrant; occasionally winter resident; not known to breed in State.
Rare migrant; range extends only to foothills; no record of its breeding.
Common migrant; occurs from the plains to the great height of 13,000 feet.
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