in-migrantn.adj.
/ˈɪnmʌɪɡrənt/ Originally U.S.
A. n.
One who migrates from one place to another in the same country.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun]
migrator1767
Jimmy1845
trekker1851
rusher1856
overlander1857
migrant1864
migrationist1887
trekkie1888
in-migrant1942
1942 Fortune Oct. 194 About two-thirds of the 120,000 in-migrants will be without new housing.
1962 Amer. Speech 37 16 After 1900, the largest number of in-migrants came [to New York] from the Mid-Atlantic states.
1963 New Society 10 Oct. 26/1 In-migrants to Aberdeen contained a much higher proportion of..university trained women than the native population.
B. adj.
Migrating from one place to another in the same country.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [adjective] > migrating > within country
westering1837
in-migrant1943
1943 New England Electr. News Aug. 32 If a demand for the houses exists among the eligible in-migrant workers in a community.
1962 Amer. Speech 37 22 The in-migrant Negroes from the South concentrated in their neighborhoods too.., the largest concentration being the Harlem section in uptown Manhattan.
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 29 Poor in-migrant Southerners.
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