emigrant
noun
a person who emigrates, such as from their native country or region.
emigrants
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pluralof emigrant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Havana announced this week that it would allow Cuban emigrants to invest to address the communist island's severe economic and energy crises.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
Are the new American emigrants a credit to the strength of their homeland’s economy?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Remarkably, there is little to no accurate real-time data about the number of actual emigrants.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
Among the top destinations for American emigrants are Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Tyler’s account and scores of others even more sinister, particularly those by Jewish emigrants from Germany, fell almost entirely on deaf ears in America that fall.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
