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emigratory

American  
[em-i-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈɛm ɪ grəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. migratory.


Etymology

Origin of emigratory

First recorded in 1830–40; emigrate + -ory 1

Example Sentences

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The aristocrats are in full emigratory flight across the frontiers—those that have not been rent by the vassals they had brought to bay, the people they had outraged.

From The Trampling of the Lilies by Sabatini, Rafael

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