someone who leaves one country to settle in another
person noun (people)
émigrés
(originally denoting a person escaping the French Revolution): French, past...
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a French term that literally refers to a person who has "migrated out", but often carries a connotation of political or social self-exile. Today, the term generally applies to members of four groups: French Huguenots who were forced to leave France ... (41 of 443 words)
any of the Frenchmen, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France in the years following the French Revolution of 1789. From their places of exile in ... (26 of 338 words)
in French history, a refugee, usually royalist, who fled the French Revolution and took up residence in a foreign land. The émigrés comprised all ... (24 of 252 words, pronunciation)
"emigrant" ; especially, a person who emigrates for political reasons (10 of 111 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons (18 of 53 words, pronunciation)
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions. | a person who fled from France because of ... (25 of 51 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
One who has departed their native land, often as a political refugee or with intention of temporary self-imposed exile, especially aristocrats. | An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another. (35 of 51 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples)
someone who has left their country in order to live somewhere else, especially because they disagree with their country's political system (21 of 46 words, pronunciation)
an emigrant | a person forced to flee his or her country for political reasons, as a Royalist during the French Revolution (21 of 39 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
an emigrant, especially one forced to leave his native country for political reasons (13 of 34 words)
One who has left a native country, especially for political reasons. (11 of 29 words, pronunciation)
someone who has had to leave their country permanently, usually for political reasons (13 of 20 words, pronunciation)
somebody who has moved from their own to another country to live, usually for political reasons (16 of 43 words, pronunciation)
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First use: late 18th century
Origin: (originally denoting a person escaping the French Revolution): French, past participle of émigrer "emigrate"
First use: 1792
Origin: French émigré, from past participle of émigrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare
Origin: French, from past participle of émigrer, to emigrate, from Latin ēmigrāre; see "emigrate".
Origin: French from past participle of émigrer from Latin emigrare: see "emigrate"
First use: 18th century
Origin: from French, from émigrer to emigrate
First use: 1792
Origin: French émigré "an emigrant", literally past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18th century), from Latin emigrare. Originally used ... (18 of 38 etymology words)
First use: Late 18th century
Origin: French, past participle of émigrer from Latin emigrare
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