emigre vs migrant

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. 

migrant

noun
  • Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another. 

  • A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another. 

  • A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird. 

  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant. 

adj
  • Migratory. 

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