transmigrant

[ trans-mahy-gruhnt, tranz- ]

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.

adjective

1. passing from one place or state to another.

transmigrant

/ trænzˈmaɪɡrənt; ˈtrænzmɪɡrənt /

noun

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

adjective

1. passing through from one place or stage to another

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmigrant¹

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

Example Sentences

She was as the transmigrant soul of some domestic pig, faintly aware of a nobler status in some previous existence.

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