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Émigré

//ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A French person who has departed their native land, especially a royalist who left during the French Revolution. historical

    "Any émigré who had returned to France without obtaining government consent was required to leave France forthwith […]"

  2. 2
    An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another, especially a political exile.

    "Slava Tsukerman is a Soviet émigré who has lived in New York City since 1976, apparently long enough for him to get the lay of the land."

Etymology

Borrowed from French émigré.

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