emigre vs émigré

emigre

noun
  • An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another. 

  • One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee. 

émigré

noun
  • An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another, especially a political exile. 

  • A French person who has departed their native land, especially a royalist who left during the French Revolution. 

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