émigré

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French émigré.

[edit] Noun

Singular
émigré

Plural
émigrés

émigré (plural émigrés)

  1. One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
  2. An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.
    • 2007, Eve LaPlante, The opposite of Thanksgiving
      In 1621 in Plymouth, émigré English Calvinists struggled to make their way in the harsh climate of this New World.
    • 2007, “A Free Life,” Publishers Weekly, 23 Jul.,
      His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

émigré m.

  1. emigrant

[edit] Verb form

émigré

  1. past participle of émigrer
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