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immigrant

(ɪmɪgrənt)
Word forms: plural immigrants
countable noun
An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a country from some other country. Compare emigrant.
...illegal immigrants.
...immigrant visas.
Synonyms: settler, incomer, alien, stranger More Synonyms of immigrant

immigrant in British English

(ˈɪmɪɡrənt)
noun
1. 
a. 
a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
Compare emigrant
b. 
(as modifier)
an immigrant community
2. 
an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated

immigrant in American English

(ˈɪməgrənt)
US
noun
1. 
a person who immigrates
2. 
a plant or animal that has recently appeared for the first time in a locality
adjective
3. 
of or relating to immigrants
4. 
immigrating
SIMILAR WORDS:  alien
Word origin
< L immigrans, prp.

Examples of 'immigrant' in a sentence
immigrant

There are no immigrants where they live.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is also central to illegal immigration and to the exploitation of both legal and illegal immigrants.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Four men who tried to smuggle illegal immigrants in vans were jailed by Maidstone crown court.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Two people smugglers whose boat ran out of fuel with 14 illegal immigrants on board have been jailed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
NINE suspected illegal immigrants were found hidden in the back of a lorry at a business park.
The Sun (2016)
Officials have not been following up details such as addresses to track down illegal immigrants, it was alleged.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I am a legal immigrant to this country from the Netherlands.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many illegal immigrants would also want to convert to legal status as it would provide an opportunity to find better jobs and be more secure.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Think about all the churches in neighborhoods where immigrants live.
Christianity Today (2000)
Immigrants want our country to work as much as anyone else.
The Sun (2015)
The fact that immigrants choose to live and work in Britain should be a cause for national pride.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How many immigrants are being settled in Vatican City?
The Sun (2015)
He admits to not knowing how many immigrants live in the country legally.
The Sun (2007)
It was human nature for immigrants to settle near relatives or friends who had arrived before them, just as Mir had done.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
Given the special status of asylum seekers, they constitute a small percentage of net migration, compared with immigrants seeking to settle here.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I married a European, an immigrant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
immigrant

British English: immigrant /ˈɪmɪɡrənt/ NOUN
An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a country from another country.
...immigrant workers.
  • American English: immigrant
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِرٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: imigrante
  • Chinese: 侨民
  • Croatian: imigrant
  • Czech: imigrant
  • Danish: immigrant
  • Dutch: immigrant
  • European Spanish: inmigrante
  • Finnish: maahanmuuttaja
  • French: immigré
  • German: Immigrant
  • Greek: μετανάστης
  • Italian: immigrato
  • Japanese: 移住者
  • Korean: 이주자
  • Norwegian: immigrant
  • Polish: imigrant
  • European Portuguese: imigrante
  • Romanian: imigrant
  • Russian: иммигрант
  • Latin American Spanish: inmigrante
  • Swedish: immigrant
  • Thai: ผู้อพยพเข้าประเทศ
  • Turkish: göçmen
  • Ukrainian: іммігрант
  • Vietnamese: người nhập cư

All related terms of 'immigrant'

digital immigrant
A digital immigrant is a person who was born before it was common to use things such as personal computers and mobile phones .
illegal immigrant
a person who has entered a country illegally
immigrant labour
people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
immigrant worker
people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
immigrant workers
people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
landed immigrant
an immigrant who has been admitted to Canada as a permanent resident

Chinese translation of 'immigrant'

immigrant

(ˈɪmɪɡrənt)

n (c)

  1. 移民 (yímín) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who comes to a foreign country in order to settle there
an illegal immigrant
Synonyms
settler
settlers from the Volga region
incomer
alien
I never took citizenship so I was a resident alien.
stranger
Being a stranger in town can be a painful experience.
outsider
We were made to feel like outsiders.
newcomer
He must be a newcomer to town.
migrant
economic migrants and political refugees
emigrant
At that time there were many Spanish emigrants living in France.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of alien
Definition
a person who is a citizen of a country other than the one in which he or she lives
I never took citizenship so I was a resident alien.
Synonyms
foreigner,
incomer,
immigrant,
stranger,
outsider,
newcomer,
asylum seeker,
outlander
in the sense of emigrant
At that time there were many Spanish emigrants living in France.
Synonyms
settler,
pioneer
in the sense of incomer
Synonyms
immigrant

Synonyms of 'immigrant'

immigrant

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