transmigrant

American  

[trans-mahy-gruhnt, tranz-] / trænsˈmaɪ grənt, trænz- /

noun

1. a person or thing that transmigrates, or moves or passes from one place to another.

2. a person passing through a country or place on the way to another place in which they intend to settle.

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adjective

1. passing from one place or state to another.

transmigrant British  

/ trænzˈmaɪɡrənt, ˈtrænzmɪɡrənt /

noun

1. an emigrant on the way to the country of immigration

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adjective

1. passing through from one place or stage to another

Etymology

Origin of transmigrant

First recorded in 1665–75; from Latin trānsmigrant- (stem of trānsmigrāns ), present participle of trānsmigrāre “to depart, migrate”; see trans-, migrant

Example Sentences

It is as if he were writing the history of man, from the last day of creation forward, starting with a few transmigrant souls still under the control of their oversea existence.

From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John