Immigrant - English meaning

adjective

Belonging to a foreign country.

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An alien culture

noun

A foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living.

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An enemy alien

noun

A person who lives in a country but is not a citizen (= member of a country with specific rights)

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Alien customs

noun

A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

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She was a polish emigrant who came to scotland during the second world war

noun

A person who leaves a country permanently to live in another one

noun

Someone who leaves their country in order to live permanently in another country

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For a growing number of the world's emigrants, china - not the united states - is the land where op…

noun

Someone who does not live in his or her own country

noun

Someone who does not live in their own country

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A large community of expatriates has settled there., the company has eight expatriate staff working…

noun

A person who lives outside their native country.

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American expatriates in london

adjective

Denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country.

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Expatriate workers

verb

Send (a person or money) abroad.

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We expatriated the prisoners of war immediately after the end of the war

noun

A person born in or coming from a country other than one's own.

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The bakery was popular with locals and foreigners alike

noun

A person who comes from another country

noun

A person who has come to live in an area in which they have not grown up, especially in a close-knit rural community.

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An english incomer to orkney

combining form

Denoting a person with a specified level of income.

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Middle-incomer

noun

A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.

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To prevent this happening 12 member countries have put a block on migrants moving there until up to…

adjective

Tending to migrate or having migrated.

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Migrant birds

noun

A person who travels to another place or country, usually in order to find work

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The cities are full of migrants looking for work., the pay is enough to attract migrants but unappe…

noun

A person who has recently arrived in a place.

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She's a newcomer to the area

adjective

A non-native plant or animal is one that lives or grows in a place where it did not originally live or grow

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The river was stocked with a nonnative species of trout that is now preying on other fish., the bee…

noun

A person who does not belong to a particular organization or profession.

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To the outsider, glitzy fashion shows may seem an outrageous extravagance

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A person who is not involved with a particular group of people or an organization, or who does not live in a particular place

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I moved here three years ago, but i still feel like an outsider.

noun

Someone who is paid by a company or organization to do a particular job, but who is not a permanent employee

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In 2009, the company hired an outsider with marketing experience in an effort to revive its busines…

noun

A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.

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The early european settlers in america were often fleeing from religious persecution

noun

A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.

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Don't talk to strangers

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

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Children have some strange ideas

noun

Someone not known or not familiar

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After being away so long, my sister seemed like a stranger., sorry, i can’t direct you – i’m a stra…