transmigrant
/tranzˈmʌɪɡr(ə)nt
/ /trɑːnzˈmʌɪɡr(ə)nt/ /transˈmʌɪɡr(ə)nt/ /trɑːnsˈmʌɪɡr(ə)nt/noun
A person passing through a country or region in the course of emigrating to another region.Since 1945, Austria has accepted immigrants, refugees, and transmigrants seeking political asylum from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union....
- The government provided facilities to the transmigrants.
- Some 35 families are local resettlers (Irian Jaya families), while the rest are transmigrants from Java.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin transmigrant- 'migrating across', from the verb transmigrare (see transmigrate).