What is another word for emigrants?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛmɪɡɹənts] (IPA)

Emigrants refer to people who leave their homeland and move to another country permanently. There are various synonyms for emigrants, including migrants, settlers, expatriates, immigrants, and refugees. Migrants are individuals who move from one place to another either within a country or across international borders, with or without the intention of staying there permanently. Settlers are those who relocate to a new country or region with the aim of establishing a new home. Expatriates refer to individuals who live outside their home country for work reasons. Immigrants, on the other hand, are those people who migrate to another country, with the intention of living there permanently. Lastly, refugees are individuals who flee their homes because of war, persecution, or other dire situations.

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Usage examples for Emigrants

Few emigrants from the far East stop in Moscow; they press on to the more European, and commercial city, where Tartars from Kazan, Adighes from the Caucasus, Swedes and Norwegians from Scandinavia, Finlanders from the North, and Germans from the South mingle together.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
There were at Etah descendants of Eskimo emigrants from the very land which Bernier aimed to explore.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
A great part of this population came originally from China; and if I first name these emigrants, it is because their colony, established in the midst of foreigners, presents many curious features.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot

Famous quotes with Emigrants

  • Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
    Samuel P. Huntington
  • Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
    Francis Parkman
  • The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward.
    Francis Parkman
  • In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.
    William H. Wharton
  • Mark Satin ... looks and sounds just like a boy many a citizen of Wichita Falls, Tex., would love to give a good spanking to. He has long hair. ... He has a yellow button announcing DISSENT in the lapel of his rumpled jacket. Dissent is certainly what he is about, and he has had a great chance to exercise it since he joined SUPA last month as a $25-a-week counselor for draft emigrants from the United States. "That godawful sick, foul country; could anything be worse?" he asks, his frayed sleeve bumping against a loaf of sliced bread on the desk. ("My breakfast and lunch," he explains apologetically.)
    Mark Satin

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