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émigré

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪgreɪ/
Definition of émigré

noun

  • a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons: Soviet émigrés and defectors [as modifier]:émigré life

Origin:

late 18th century (originally denoting a person escaping the French Revolution): French, past participle of émigrer 'emigrate'

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Definition of émigré in the US English dictionary