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expatriate

[eks-pey-tree-eyt, -pa-tree-, eks-pey-tree-it, -eyt, -pa-tree-] / ɛksˈpeɪ triˌeɪt, -ˈpæ tri-, ɛksˈpeɪ tri ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -ˈpæ tri- /
NOUN
person who lives outside their country
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NOUN
person forced out of their country
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The embassy in Tehran usually counts around 30 expatriate employees, as well as a few dozen local staff members.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

The club had been largely an expatriate German club that also had Jewish members.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Perched in his art-filled château in the south of France, the British expatriate spent years hurling invectives at, falling out with or blatantly undermining an astonishing number of people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Craig's movie Queer, which will have its British premiere at the annual event, is based on the 1985 novel by William Burroughs, and follows a man exploring the American expatriate community in 1950s Mexico.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

As a former trading colony, South Africa has always had a large expatriate community.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah