Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who moves back to his or her native country after emigrating; a repatriate.
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- noun informal A
repatriate .
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Examples
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Wootton Bassett's current mayor, Paul Heaphy, admits there was a fear that the "repat days" had become too big.
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Shortly after the attack, Shihri appeared in an Al Sahab Al Qaeda video production along with another Cheney repat identified as Abu Hareth Muhammad al-Awfi, who also rejoined Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Dick Cheney's Role in Al Qaeda's Yemeni Resurgence 2010
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There's a lot of repat pain out there, though as reader Lucas Godinez notes, "You really have to live through repatriation to understand it; the others will think returning expats are cry babies."
Who Knew? 2009
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We could help reminding ourselves of the story when we read that Richard and Judy's new show on digital channel Watch attracted an average audience of 100,000 viewers, even with the repat figures rising to 143,000.
Archive 2008-10-01 Martyn Daniels 2008
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We could help reminding ourselves of the story when we read that Richard and Judy's new show on digital channel Watch attracted an average audience of 100,000 viewers, even with the repat figures rising to 143,000.
Who's Going to Kiss the Frog Now? Martyn Daniels 2008
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Gather up scraps and repat dough; cut out more rounds, pressing remaining scraps into final biscuit.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Gather up scraps and repat dough; cut out more rounds, pressing remaining scraps into final biscuit.
Tea Biscuits 2005
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I mean Republicans are reduced to listening to some 50 something year old overwight guy with a soft weenie and then telling people that you are “Ditto heads” because you just repat what he just said and that is supposed to be cool?
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Now, while I am telling you of the vast reserves of the Province of Quebec I don't want any of you to repat it, even to our friend, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, because we are after him for "better terms," and I wouldn't like to prejudice our cause.
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True2blue - "Back to topic, advisors were there mainly of snr rank but were not allowed to cross the border (Officially) and I do know of 2 names" PERSEC rules. i x Sgt. Bad leg injury led to repat to Bahrain where wife Gina was 2IC Rulers Beach Irregulars?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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