émigré
[em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey]
- an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her 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.
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Origin of émigré
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A future king of France, while an emigre, had been to Louisiana.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
I thought I was saving an emigre, but I love you better as a Republican.
The ChouansHonore de Balzac
The old captain was an emigre, and had returned undecided what he would do.
You do not understand how delicate the position of an emigre is towards those who are now in possession of his property.
An Historical MysteryHonore de Balzac
Were you aware that sometime in the fall of 1963, that a lady was residing with Mrs. Paine who was a Russian emigre?
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
émigré
- an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons
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Word Origin
C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate
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Word Origin and History for emigre
n.
1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.
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