emigrant
noun/ˈɛmɪɡɹənt/
Etymology From Classical Latin ēmigrāns, present participle of ēmigrāre (“to emigrate”).
1
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
2
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.
- Antonyms
- immigrant
- Derived terms
- economic emigrant, nonemigrant
- Related terms
- emigration