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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary im·mi·grant DATE 1789 : one that immigrates: as a. a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence b. a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknown • immigrant adjective English Etymology immigrant "one who immigrates," 1792, in an Amer.Eng. context, from L.immigrantem, prp. of immigrare (see immigrate). Emigrant is older. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 immigrant im·mi·grant / 5imi^rEnt / noun a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own (外来)移民；外侨: immigrant communities / families / workers 侨民社区/家庭/劳工 illegal immigrants 非法移民 ⇨ compare emigrant , migrant (1) Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English immigrant noun ADJ. illegal | foreign | Irish, Italian, Jewish, etc. | recent | would-be | first-generation, second-generation First-generation immigrants may dream of returning ‘home’; their children say Britain is their home. QUANT. flood, influx, wave VERB + IMMIGRANT accept, welcome | deport, return ships laden with would-be immigrants who were forcibly returned IMMIGRANT + VERB arrive, enter sth immigrants seeking to enter the country | come from sth | settle (sth) European immigrants settled much of Australia. IMMIGRANT + NOUN community, family, group, population | worker | labour PREP. ~ from, ~ to She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: EMIGRANT , migrantWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged im·mi·grant I. \ˈimə̇grənt, -mēg- sometimes -ˌgrant or -ˌgraa(ə)nt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin immigrant-, immigrans, present participle of immigrare : one that immigrates: a. : a person that comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence — compare emigrant b. : a plant or animal that appears and becomes established in an area in which it was previously unknown II. adjective : of, relating to, or composed of immigrants < an immigrant fauna > < department concerned with immigrant affairs > : immigrating < immigrant birds > |
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