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émigré

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

noun

plural émigrés [em, -i-greyz, ey-mee-, grey].
  1. an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions.
  2. a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.


émigré

/ ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ; emiɡre /

noun

  1. an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of émigré1

First recorded in 1785–95; from French: noun use of past participle of émigrer, from Latin ēmīgrāre to emigrate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of émigré1

C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate
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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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