EMIGRANT (2)

emigrant (2). Emigrant, n. a person who quits his own country to reside in another

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Em″i‐grant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another. Syn. — Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.