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Word: Immigrant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from Latin immigrant- ‘immigrating’, from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪmɪɡr(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
Short Definition:person who comes to live permanently in foreign country
Examples:- he's a recent immigrant to the US from Germany
- she was born in New York, the daughter of immigrant parents
- immigrant workers
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