English Dictionary
Definition of “migrant”
migrant (ˈmaɪɡrənt
)
Definitions
noun
- a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another
- an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another
- mainly Australian
- an immigrant, esp a recent one
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a migrant hostel
adjective
- moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
Word Origin
C17: from Latin migrāre to change one's abode
Synonyms
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wanderer,
immigrant,
traveller,
gypsy,
tinker,
rover,
transient,
nomad,
emigrant,
itinerant,
drifter,
vagrant,
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itinerant,
wandering,
drifting,
roving,
travelling,
shifting,
immigrant,
gypsy,
transient,
nomadic,
migratory,
vagrant,
Translations
- British English:
migrant
A migrant person moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work....migrant workers.ˈmaɪɡrənt ADJECTIVE ...migrant workers.
- Spanish:
migratorio
adj migratoria
- French:
immigré
adj
- German: Wander- adj
- Chinese: 移居的 adj
- Arabic: مُهَاجِرٌ adj
- Portuguese: migrante adj
- Russian: мигрирующий adj мигрирующая
- Croatian: migrantski adj migrantska
- Czech: stěhovavý adj
- Danish: omvandrende adj
- Dutch: migrerend adj
- Finnish: vaeltava adj
- Greek: αποδημητικός adj αποδημητική
- Italian: migrante adj
- Japanese: 移動性の no_posp
- Korean: 이동성의 adj
- Norwegian: omvandrende adj
- Polish: wędrowny adj wędrowna
- Brazilian Portuguese: emigrante adj
- European Spanish:
migratorio
adj migratoria
- Swedish: flyttande adj
- Thai: เคลื่อนย้ายจากที่หนึ่งไปอีกที่หนึ่ง adj
- Turkish: göçmen adj
- Vietnamese: di cư adj
- British English:
migrant
A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work....economic migrants.ˈmaɪɡrənt NOUN ...economic migrants.
- Spanish: trabajador emigrante nm trabajadora emigrante
- French:
migrant
nm
- German:
Migrant
nm Migrantin
- Chinese: 移民 n
- Arabic: مُهَاجِرٌ n
- Portuguese: migrante n
- Russian: мигрант nm
- Croatian: migrant nm
- Czech: migrant nm migrantka
- Danish: migrant nutr
- Dutch: migrant nm
- Finnish: siirtolainen n
- Greek: μετανάστης n μετανάστρια
- Italian: emigrante nm__nf
- Japanese: 移住者 n
- Korean: 이주자 n
- Norwegian: omstreifer nm
- Polish: wędrownik nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: emigrante n
- European Spanish: trabajador emigrante nm trabajadora emigrante
- Swedish: person som flyttar från plats till plats nutr
- Thai: ผู้อพยพ n
- Turkish: göçmen n
- Vietnamese: người di cư n
Usage examples
Instead of expelling a permanently persecuted migrant race they decided to settle the Judenfrage (the Jewish Problem) for ever.
Sara MacDonald, SEA MUSIC (2003)But today's expatriates are a radically altered species: they are those who have benefited from the hard work of their migrant forebears.
India Today (1997)Police said there was no indication why the man attacked the day care centre, which mostly served children of migrant workers.
canada.com (2004)The Home Office said he had no terrorist connections and was an `economic migrant ".
Sun, News of the World (2004)They worked in a largely migrant community, and so they strove to avoid Eurocentric notions of illness and cure.
Dorothy Rowe, BEYOND FEAR (2002)
