émigré

[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]

/ ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪ; French eɪ miˈgreɪ /

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noun, plural é·mi·grés

[em-i-greyz; French ey-mee-grey]. /ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪz; French eɪ miˈgreɪ/.

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

1785–95; <French: noun use of past participle of émigrer<Latin ēmīgrāre to emigrate

Words nearby émigré

emiction, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, emigratory, émigré, Emil, Émile, Emilia-Romagna, Emily, Emin

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How to use émigré in a sentence

Some say he's a wealthy emigre turning his talents to account.
Carette of Sark|John Oxenham
And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
That's correct, because being of the same nationality, I thought he was hurting all of our emigre here in Dallas.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Now, among the Russian emigre group in Dallas, did you ever know of anybody that you even thought might be a Communist?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

He was an old emigre gentleman, blind and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in order to pass the time.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for émigré

émigré

/ (ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ, French emiɡre) /

noun

an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons

Word Origin for émigré

C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate

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