expatriate

 

noun

Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpatrɪət, -ˈpeɪtrɪət, ɛks-/
  • a person who lives outside their native country: American expatriates in London
  • archaic an exile.

adjective

Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpatrɪət, -ˈpeɪtrɪət, ɛks-/
  • denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country: expatriate workers

verb

Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpatrɪeɪt, -ˈpeɪtrɪeɪt, ɛks-/
[with object]
  • send (a person or money) abroad: we expatriated the prisoners of war immediately after the end of the war people that have illegally expatriated funds money found to have been expatriated to Singapore banks the poet was then expatriated from France [no object]: candidates should be willing to expatriate

Derivatives

expatriation

Pronunciation: /-ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

mid 18th century (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- 'gone out from one's country', from the verb expatriare, from ex- 'out' + patria 'native country'