émigré
[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]
/ ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪ; French eɪ miˈgreɪ /
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.
Nearby words
élan vital, élancé, élisabethville, éluard, éluard, paul, émigré, émile, émincé, éminence grise, épatant, épaulement
Origin of émigré
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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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Word Origin and History for emigre
emigre
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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