expatriate

[ verb eks-pey-tree-eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree-; adjective, noun eks-pey-tree-it, -eyt or, esp. British, -pa-tree- ]

/ verb ɛksˈpeɪ triˌeɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ tri-; adjective, noun ɛksˈpeɪ tri ɪt, -ˌeɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ tri- /

verb (used with object), ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing.

to banish (a person) from his or her native country.

to withdraw (oneself) from residence in one's native country.

to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's country.

verb (used without object), ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing.

to become an expatriate: He expatriated from his homeland.

adjective

expatriated; exiled.

noun

an expatriated person: Many American writers were living as expatriates in Paris.

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Origin of expatriate

1760–70; < Medieval Latin expatriātus (past participle of expatriāre to banish), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + patri(a) native land + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM expatriate

ex·pa·tri·a·tion, nounself-ex·pa·tri·a·tion, noun

Words nearby expatriate

expansive bit, expansive classification, expansivity, expat, expatiate, expatriate, expatriation, expect, expectancy, expectant, expectation

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Example sentences from the Web for expatriated

If we had thought he had expatriated himself we would have had a card in his file.
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He was accompanied by those of his followers who expatriated themselves from Mecca.
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He is intensely English nevertheless, as expatriated Englishmen generally are.
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Is it not that of some expatriated Frenchman, who had found employment among the Russians?
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While she was in the city, he could forget the reasons that kept him to a merchants desk and had expatriated him.
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British Dictionary definitions for expatriated

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, noun

Word Origin for expatriate

C18: from Medieval Latin expatriāre, from Latin ex- 1 + patria native land

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verb (used with object), ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing.