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immigrant

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im·mi·grant  (m-grnt)
n.
1. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
adj.
Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

immigrant [ˈɪmɪgrənt]
n
1.
a.  a person who immigrates Compare emigrant
b.  (as modifier) an immigrant community
2. Brit a person who has been settled in a country of which he is not a native for less than ten years
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immigrantimmigrant - a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
migrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another

immigrant
noun settler, incomer, alien, stranger, outsider, newcomer, migrant, emigrant an illegal immigrant
Translations
immigrant [ˈɪmɪgrənt]
A. ADJinmigrante
B. Ninmigrante mf
C. CPD immigrant community Ncomunidad f de inmigrantes
immigrant worker Ntrabajador(a) m/f inmigrante

immigrant [ˈɪmɪgrənt]
n
(newly arrived)immigrant(e) m/f illegal immigrant
(already established)immigré(e) m/f
modif [group, community] → d'immigrés; [woman, parent, family] → immigré(e) immigrant worker
immigrant worker ntravailleur/euse m/f immigré(e)

immigrant
nEinwanderer m, → Einwanderin f, → Immigrant(in) m(f)
attr the immigrant population/communitydie Einwanderer pl; … has an immigrant population of 50,000… hat einen ausländischen Bevölkerungsanteil von 50.000

immigrant [ˈɪmɪgrnt] adj & n (newly arrived) → immigrante (m/f); (already established) → immigrato/a
immigrant [ˈɪmɪgrnt] adj & n (newly arrived) → immigrante (m/f); (already established) → immigrato/a

immigrant
n / adj immigrant [ˈimigrənt]
(a person) who has come into a foreign country to live there permanently, not as a tourist or visitor The eastern part of the city is inhabited by immigrants; the immigrant population. immigrant مُهاجِر имигрант přistěhovalec(ký) immigrant; indvandrer; indvandrer- der Einwanderer/die Einwanderin μετανάστης inmigrante immigrant مهاجر maahanmuuttaja immigrant/-ante מְהַגֵר प्रवासी doseljenik bevándorló imigran innflytjandi immigrante 移民 이민자 imigrantas imigrants, ieceļotājs pendatang immigrant innvandrer imigrant imigrante imi­grant иммигрант prisťahovalec; prisťahovalecký priseljenec imigrant immigrant, invandrare ผู้อพยพ göçmen 移民 іммігрант; іммігрантський مہاجر nhập cư
n immiˈgration
the act of entering a country in order to settle there. immigrasie هِجْرَه имиграция přistěhovalectví immigration; indvandring die Einwanderung μετανάστευση inmigración immigratsioon مهاجرت maahanmuutto immigration הֲגִירָה प्रवासीय doseljavanje bevándorlás imigrasi innflutningur fólks immigrazione 移住 이민 imigracija imigrācija, ieceļošana imigresen immigratie innvandring imigracja imigração imigrare иммиграция prisťahovalectvo priseljevanje imigracija immigration, invandring การอพยพ göç (etme) 移居 імміграція ہجرت sự nhập cư

immigrant وَافِد imigrant immigrant Immigrant μετανάστης inmigrante maahanmuuttaja immigré imigrant immigrato 移住者 이주자 immigrant immigrant imigrant imigrante иммигрант immigrant ผู้อพยพเข้าประเทศ göçmen người nhập cư 侨民


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Once when he sat down to chat, he told us that in the immigrant car ahead there was a family from `across the water' whose destination was the same as ours.
A few immigrant wagons, diverted from the highways of travel by the fame of the new diggings, halted upon the slopes of Devil's Spur and on the arid flats of the Ford, and disgorged their sallow freight of alkali-poisoned, prematurely-aged women and children and maimed and fever-stricken men.
Butler, and by Andrew Carnegie, who, from a poor immigrant boy had arisen to be the book-giver of the world.
 
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