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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·pa·tri·ate
(-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one's own country, from Latin ex- + patrianative country, from feminine of patrius of a father, from patr-, paterfather — more at father DATE 1768 transitive verb 1. banish , exile 2. to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country intransitive verb : to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also : to renounce allegiance to one's native country
DATE 1812 : living in a foreign land English Etymology expatriate expatriate (v.) 1768, from Fr. expatrier "banish," from ex- "out of" + patrie"native land," from L. patria "one's native country," from pater(gen. patris) "father." Modern noun sense of "one who moves abroad" is 1818. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 expatriate ex·patri·ate / 7eks5pAtriEt; NAmE -5peit- / (also informal expat) noun a person living in a country that is not their own 居住在国外的人；侨民: American expatriates in Paris 居住在巴黎的美国人 • ex·patri·ate adj. [only before noun] : expatriate Britons in Spain 居住在西班牙的英国人 expatriate workers 在国外工作的人 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: verb Synonyms: BANISH , deport, displace, exile, expel, expulse, ||lag, oust, relegate, transport Antonyms: repatriate n. Function: noun Synonyms: ÉMIGRÉ, exile, expellee Antonyms: repatriate Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·pa·tri·ate I. \ekˈspā.trēˌāt, usu -ˌād.+V, chiefly Brit -pa.-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one's native country, from Latin ex- ex- (I) + Late Latin -patriare (from Latin patria native country, from feminine of patrius of a father, paternal, from patr-, pater father) — more at father transitive verb 1. : to drive into exile : banish < this minister after having been expatriated outlived his great enemy — Isaac D'Israeli > 2. a. : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in one's native country < expatriated himself for years at the Cape of Good Hope — R.W.Emerson > b. : to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country < although the father had … expatriated himself, the son was appointed a cadet “at large” at West Point — T.M.Spaulding > intransitive verb : to leave one's native country < the population again died out or expatriated — George Grote > specifically : to renounce allegiance to one's native country Synonyms: see banish II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌā]t, -_ə̇]t, usu ]d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare : living or occurring in a foreign country : expatriated < an indoctrination school for the training of … expatriate United States employees — Lamp > < the equivalent in our day of his early expatriate experiences in the Twenties — J.W.Aldridge > III. noun (-s) : one who lives in a foreign country < there are both disadvantages and attractions to the life of a foreign correspondent: he is an expatriate — F.L.Mott > specifically : one who has renounced his native country < becomes a downright expatriate and a more or less active agent of anti-American feeling — H.L.Mencken > |
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