émigré

noun
/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French émigré.

  1. borrowed from émigré

Definitions

  1. A French person who has departed their native land, especially a royalist who left during…

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

    • Any émigré who had returned to France without obtaining government consent was required to leave France forthwith […]
  2. An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another,…

    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.
    • In 1621 in Plymouth, émigré English Calvinists struggled to make their way in the harsh climate of this New World.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for émigré. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA