migrant
migrating, especially of people; migratory.
Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
Origin of migrant
1Other words from migrant
- non·mi·grant, adjective, noun
- un·mi·grant, adjective
Words that may be confused with migrant
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How to use migrant in a sentence
With the help of a Jamaican migrant worker, he returns to his homeland to find his father.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director | Marlow Stern | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes the story of a migrant worker takes an even sadder turn.
His mother was a factory worker and his father a steel and migrant worker.
Why ‘Mystery Speaker’ Clint Eastwood Loves the GOP | Miranda Green | August 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers smashed the windows of a grocery store serving the migrant worker community and looted it.
In 2005, Gabriela Flores, a 22-year-old Mexican migrant worker, was arrested in South Carolina.
British Dictionary definitions for migrant
/ (ˈmaɪɡrənt) /
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
mainly Australian
an immigrant, esp a recent one
(as modifier): a migrant hostel
moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
Origin of migrant
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