Definitions for migrant

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migrant mi·grant

Spelling: [mahy-gruh nt]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ grənt/

Migrant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 227 anagrams from letters in migrant (agimnrt).

Definitions for migrant

noun

1. a person or animal that migrates.
2. a person who attempts to permanently relocate to a new country, but who may be subject to removal by the government of that country: Compare immigrant.
3. Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.

adjective

1. migrating, especially of people; migratory.

Origin of migrant

1665-75; Latin migrant- (stem of migrāns), present participle of migrāre. See migrate, -ant

Examples for migrant

These were the migrant herds of the Dinoceras, just arrived at their new pasturage.

The Gadwell is not an uncommon spring migrant; Olmstead saw it 10 mi.

Wilson's Warbler is a common spring and probably fall migrant in Coahuila.

migrant shipwrecks and refugee death stories become repetitive quickly.

With the help of a Jamaican migrant worker, he returns to his homeland to find his father.

While migrant ship tragedies at sea happen all too often, the latest sinking appears to have been no accident.

Audubon's Warbler is a common winter visitant and migrant in Coahuila.

“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.

Stories of migrant boats with no toilets or food at all are not.

On the whole, Mr. Epstein does not find the Negro an exception to any other migrant.