migrant

SEE DEFINITION OF migrant

nounperson who moves to a foreign place

Synonyms for migrant

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Antonyms for migrant

native

aliens

noun. foreign being

emigrant

noun. person who leaves his or her native country

expatriate

noun. person thrown out of a country

immigrant

noun. person from a foreign land

immigrants

noun. person from a foreign land

Word Origin & History

1670s, from Latin migrantem (nominative migrans), present participle of migrare "to remove, depart, to move from one place to another" (see migration).

Example Sentences formigrant

On the whole, Mr. Epstein does not find the Negro an exception to any other migrant.

The Gadwell is not an uncommon spring migrant; Olmstead saw it 10 mi.

Wilson's Warbler is a common spring and probably fall migrant in Coahuila.

Audubon's Warbler is a common winter visitant and migrant in Coahuila.

These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.

Migrant; rare, if not accidental; only one specimen, and that a female.

Migrant; occasionally winter resident; not known to breed in State.

Peter, like Bob, is a night migrant, stopping in the daytime for rest and food.

There was also eubele, the migrant, keeping rather to itself.

No, the thrush is not a migrant in the sense that the nightingale is or the turtle-dove.