as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a city with emigrants from many lands
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Recent Examples of emigrant
In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as Mormons, murdered 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah on September 11, 1857.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as Mormons, murdered 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah on September 11, 1857.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrant
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According to Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, a Kansas City area immigrants rights group, 80 immigrants rounded up by federal authorities are already being held in FCI Leavenworth, a separate federal prison in the city.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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The same state Supreme Court suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan back in April after federal officials accused the judge of allegedly helping an immigrant avoid arrest by federal immigration authorities.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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The immigration cases of some of the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March have been dismissed, their attorneys said, raising concern from advocates and lawyers who say the move is a violation of due process.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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However, at the time of her post, investigators were already looking into the possibility that the migrant had been set up by Demetric Scott, who was awaiting trial in a robbery and assault case in which the migrant was the victim.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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This year’s Flag March again coincided with the war in Gaza, now in its 20th month, and escalating Israeli military operations against Palestinian militants in the West Bank, where settler attacks targeting Palestinian residents have been on the rise.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl are among the stars gone enjoyably unhinged for this true story of melodramatic conflict among the European settlers of a Galápagos island.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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The community swelled before, during, and immediately after World War II, thanks to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, reaching a peak in the 1950s of more than 1,500 members.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Emigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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