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émigré
[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]
noun
- an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions.
- a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.
émigré
/ ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ; emiɡre /
noun
- an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of émigré1
Example Sentences
“Emilia Pérez” — a Mexico-set, Spanish-language musical by a French director — and “The Brutalist” — about a Hungarian emigré architect in America — led the field on the motion picture side with 10 and seven nominations, respectively.
Although George isn’t based on Görög, Nathan says it was immediately apparent that as a Hungarian living in Hollywood, he must have been a war émigré.
The piece is his rendering of a dance Balanchine thought about but never realized for “Jewels,” a plotless ballet comprised of three movements that evoke the beauty of precious stones and places significant to the Russian emigré: “Emeralds” for France set to the music of Gabriel Fauré, “Rubies” for America set to Igor Stravinsky, and “Diamonds” for his native imperial Russia with a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
Hassilev was born in Paris on July 11, 1932, to Russian emigré parents Leonide and Tamara Hassilev.
There’s no better cultural history of the German émigré community and its impact on Hollywood.
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