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immigrant

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪgr(ə)nt/
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Definition of immigrant

noun

  • a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country: they found it difficult to expel illegal immigrants [as modifier]:immigrant workers an immigrant village

Origin:

late 18th century: from Latin immigrant- 'immigrating', from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant

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Remember that immigrant is spelled with a double m; the ending is -ant.

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