émigré
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From French émigré.
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émigré (plural émigrés)
- 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.
- 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.
- 2007, Eve LaPlante, The opposite of Thanksgiving
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émigré m. (plural émigrés; feminine émigrée, plural émigrées)
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émigré m. (f émigrée, m plural émigrés, f plural émigrées)
- Past participle of émigrer
