immigrant
noun
a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
immigrants
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pluralof immigrant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In their report, OIG inspectors said they found immigrants held at the facility had to use showers infested with small bugs and were only allowed to do so three times a week.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The proposal doesn’t mention excluding immigrants from those results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Those protections, known as Temporary Protected Status or TPS, allow immigrants to obtain work permits and by Thursday some Salvadorans had already been fired from their jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The proposed new calculation would exclude immigrants in the country illegally, which various analyses estimate total about 15 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“They always say immigrants should go into scientific fields, like medicine or computers,” I finally reply.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
