migrant
adjective
migrating, especially of people; migratory.
nonmigrant
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a word derived from
migrant.
Example Sentences
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"I worried that, as a nonmigrant and non-Mexican, I had no business writing a book set almost entirely in Mexico, set entirely among migrants," Cummins wrote.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2020
Blacks who moved to the South were disproportionately young — 40 percent were adults ages 21 to 40, compared with 29 percent of the nonmigrant black population.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2011
Part of the applicant deluge was attributed to nonmigrant aliens who failed to qualify for the stricter residency regulations in the amnesty program passed by Congress in 1986.
From Time Magazine Archive
