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MIGRANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Traveler who moves from one region or country to another

Synonyms:

migrant; migrator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("migrant" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "migrant"):

departer; goer; leaver (someone who leaves)

emigrant; emigre; emigree; outgoer (someone who leaves one country to settle in another)

evacuee (a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place)

immigrant (a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there)

rusher (someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory)

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

Derivation:

migrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work

Example:

migratory workers

Synonyms:

migrant; migratory

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unsettled (not settled or established)

Derivation:

migrate (move periodically or seasonally)

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