emigrant vs mainlander

emigrant

noun
  • Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country. 

  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant. 

mainlander

noun
  • Someone who lives on the mainland. 

  • Someone who lives in mainland Europe, as opposed to the British Isles. 

  • A person from mainland China, as opposed to someone from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. 

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