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migrant

[ mahy-gruhnt ]

adjective

  1. migrating, especially of people; migratory.


noun

  1. a person or animal that migrates.
  2. a person who attempts to permanently relocate to a new country, but who may be subject to removal by the government of that country: unaccompanied child migrants. Compare immigrant.

    undocumented migrants;

    unaccompanied child migrants.

  3. Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.

migrant

/ ˈɪɡəԳ /

noun

  1. a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another
  2. an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another
    1. an immigrant, esp a recent one
    2. ( as modifier )

      a migrant hostel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz·gԳ adjective noun
  • ܲ·gԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of migrant1

1665–75; < Latin migrant- (stem of Բ ), present participle of . See migrate, -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of migrant1

C17: from Latin to change one's abode
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Libyan authorities have accused aid groups of plotting to change the country's ethnic make-up by encouraging African migrants to stay there, and has ordered them to close their offices.

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Separately, Trump is overseeing migrant roundups, detentions and deportations that lack any semblance of constitutional due process.

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Estrada was a tireless advocate for migrants who crossed into the U.S. illegally to flee violence and poverty, find work and provide for their families.

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A federal judge in Northern California ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal funding for migrant children in immigration court.

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Over the last 24 years, more than 4 million net domestic migrants, a population about the same as the Seattle metropolitan area, have moved to other parts of the nation from California.

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