immigrant 1 of 2

noun

ˈi-mə-grənt How to pronounce immigrant (audio)
Definition of immigrantnext
as in migrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since

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immigrant

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adjective

as in expatriate

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Recent Examples of immigrant
Noun
Usha Chilukuri was born in 1986 to Indian Hindu immigrants and grew up in an upper-middle-class San Diego suburb with her younger sister, Shreya. — Kate Andersen Brower, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026 Ruth Fortune, a Haitian immigrant and mayoral appointee on the Hartford Board of Education, went first. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Earlier this year, some people held at the jail launched a hunger strike over the conditions, according to Cosecha, an immigrant advocacy group. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Music, chatter and applause filled the Capitol’s front lawn as dozens of Service Employees International Union members from across California gathered Wednesday morning to advocate for immigrant protections. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for immigrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
  1. migrant
  2. expatriate
  3. emigrant
  4. foreign
  5. settler
  6. alien
  7. refugee
Noun
  • Under normal circumstances, several thousand migrants cross without documents to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla each year.
    — Kelsey Norman, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Health officials and aid groups say many migrants fled South Africa without medication or medical records, raising fears of interrupted HIV treatment in a region with some of the world’s highest infection rates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrant
Adjective
  • This is a team assembled from immigration, diaspora, and expatriate ambition, coached by an outsider who can see what insiders missed.
    — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
  • The Stoli Group is run by Russian expatriate billionaire Yuri Shefler, who also lives in Switzerland.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of expatriate
Noun
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of emigrant
Adjective
  • The British international banking group was among the first foreign banks to start operating out of GIFT City in 2020.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But intelligence officials previously told The Associated Press that Russia’s security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after Russian activists and foreign supporters of Ukraine as well as military defectors.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of foreign
Noun
  • But concerns about Israel’s ability and willingness to rein in the settlers remain even among evangelicals, who are among the staunchest Christian supporters of Israel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Qusra siege reflects broader violence The standoff in Qusra began Sunday when dozens of settlers arrived and blocked the doors to the three houses, preventing occupants from leaving, according to the families inside.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of settler
Adjective
  • First Officer Becca Bang (Ariana DeBose) fights to survive a hostile alien past.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s order seeks to apply that principle to people designated as alien enemies under federal law, including members of certain foreign terrorist organizations.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of alien
Noun
  • Born in Jerusalem, Said was displaced, along with his refugee family, in 1948, with the founding of Israel.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Arendt worked for Youth Aliyah, which sent Jewish refugee teen-agers, largely unemployable in France, to kibbutzim in Palestine.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
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