plural migrants
: someone or something that migrates: such as
a
: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops
farms employing migrants during the growing season
b
: immigrant sense a
especially
: refugee
… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —
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c
: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another
migrant
adjective
migrant labor
migrant birds
Examples of migrant in a Sentence
migrants in search of work on farms
Not all birds are migrants.
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Last week, top officials at the IRS, including its acting head, reportedly quit after the agency agreed to hand over migrants’ data to federal agents.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The program granted two-year entry to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
—Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2025
This is quite different from saying the government doesn’t have the right to deport unauthorized migrants.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
With visible emotion, Morin's mother, Patty Morin, spoke as a special guest at Wednesday’s press briefing at the White House, sharing personal testimony about the urgent need to remove criminal migrants from the country.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The program granted two-year entry to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
—Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2025
This is quite different from saying the government doesn’t have the right to deport unauthorized migrants.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
With visible emotion, Morin's mother, Patty Morin, spoke as a special guest at Wednesday’s press briefing at the White House, sharing personal testimony about the urgent need to remove criminal migrants from the country.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for migrant
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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