immigrant
[im-i-gruh nt]
- a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- an organism found in a new habitat.
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- of or relating to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs.
- immigrating.
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Origin of immigrant
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Contemporary Examples
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
None of these writers set out to write an “immigrant novel,” or to make political statements.
He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.
Over the years, this country has offered many of its immigrant groups a remarkable opportunity for reinvention.
The country was building houses at a rapid clip, which required a large amount of immigrant labor.
Historical Examples
But of all the immigrant trees none is so beautiful as the oak.
Impressions of South AfricaJames Bryce
These facts are the magnet that will attract the immigrant to Canada.
Canada: the Empire of the NorthAgnes C. Laut
Sometimes they were written by an immigrant, a bona-fide worker.
Working With the Working WomanCornelia Stratton Parker
I knew this must be the immigrant family the conductor had told us about.
My AntoniaWilla Cather
These last are mainly composed of immigrant Malayan peoples.
immigrant
- a person who comes to a country in order to settle thereCompare emigrant
- (as modifier)an immigrant community
- an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated
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Word Origin and History for immigrant
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