Definitions
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- noun One who has departed their native land, often as a
refugee . - noun An
emigrant , one who departs their native land to become animmigrant in another.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trying to change the political culture of Mexico as a single emigre is a total waste of energy that will drive you mad.
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Hu is just the kind of emigre Beijing has been eager to lure back to bolster an economy growing rapidly but short of talented managers and innovators.
Fore, right! 2009
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Hu is just the kind of emigre Beijing has been eager to lure back to bolster an economy growing rapidly but short of talented managers and innovators.
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Hu is just the kind of emigre Beijing has been eager to lure back to bolster an economy growing rapidly but short of talented managers and innovators.
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Hu is just the kind of emigre Beijing has been eager to lure back to bolster an economy growing rapidly but short of talented managers and innovators.
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For this apostasy, these Western elites ostracized and criticized Birman, saying that his views were by definition biased because he was an emigre.
Right From the Start 2011
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European emigre classical pianists, from Sergei Rachmaninov to Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein, were among the fans of a virtuoso who could throw off improvised pieces as complex and orchestral in scope as the most advanced classical piano compositions.
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For this company (Russian) to dance this ballet (by the most important Russian emigre in this art form) is a reflection of respect and tradition—concepts that run deeper than Hollywood can hope to capture.
Where the World Comes to Dance Pia Catton 2011
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He was tall, elegant, handsome and "very Czech, by which I mean passionate and pessimistic" – the very embodiment of a romantic emigre, one who came to London after Soviet tanks had crushed the Prague spring in 1968, with £50 in his pocket.
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So when Georgie spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour with an eye for a bargain and a fondness for matchmaking, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it's just the distraction she needs ...
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