Words nearby expatriate
expansive bit, expansive classification, expansivity, expat, expatiate, expatriate, expatriation, expect, expectancy, expectant, expectation
Origin of expatriate
OTHER WORDS FROM expatriate
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expatriate
adjective (ɛksˈpætrɪɪt, -ˌeɪt)
resident in a foreign country
exiled or banished from one's native countryan expatriate American
noun (ɛksˈpætrɪɪt, -ˌeɪt)
a person who lives in a foreign country
an exile; expatriate person
verb (ɛksˈpætrɪˌeɪt) (tr)
to exile (oneself) from one's native country or cause (another) to go into exile
to deprive (oneself or another) of citizenship
Derived forms of expatriate
expatriation, nounWord Origin for expatriate
C18: from Medieval Latin expatriāre, from Latin ex- 1 + patria native land
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