landed immigrant

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noun

Canadian a former term for permanent resident

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Words nearby landed immigrant

land contract, land crab, Land Dayak, Landdrost, landed, landed immigrant, Landé factor, lander, Landes, Landeshauptmann, landfall

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How to use landed immigrant in a sentence

The Daily Beast has followed some of the refugees who landed in Sicily a month ago.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Same with my uncle and cousins when their planes landed from Vietnam.
A Veteran’s View: NYC Cold War Between Cops and City Hall|Matt Gallagher|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None of these writers set out to write an “immigrant novel,” or to make political statements.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They landed more than six hundred of their men and more than one thousand Moros of the country, who also came in their ships.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Napoleon landed at Elba at an early hour in disguise, with a sergeant's company of marines.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
"But it was n't a lie," Punch would begin, charging into a laboured explanation that landed him more hopelessly in the mire.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Dressed in full uniform, amid cries of "Long live our King Joachim," the unfortunate man landed with twenty-six followers.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The landed proprietor still redeemed, day after day, portions of his involved estate.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various