English Explanatory Dictionary

migrant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
  2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
  3. A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.
  4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.
adj
  1. Migratory.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaɪɡɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-migrant.wav

Word forms

migrant migrants more migrant most migrant

Etymology

Borrowed from French migrant.

Related words

migrate migration

Derived words

antimigrant climate migrant climigrant ecomigrant economic migrant environmental migrant inmigrant migradollar migranthood migrant smuggling migrant worker nonmigrant outmigrant passage migrant remigrant Wartenberg's migrant sensory neuritis
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