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Immigrant

//ˈɪmɪɡɹənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

    "Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants."

  2. 2
    a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there wordnet
  3. 3
    A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

Etymology 2

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

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