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immigrant

Syllabification: (im·mi·grant)
Pronunciation: /ˈimigrənt/
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Definition of immigrant

noun

  • a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
  • Biology an animal or plant living or growing in a region to which it has migrated.

Origin:

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

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

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