Definitions for emigrant

emigrant em·i·grant

Spelling: [em-i-gruh nt]
IPA: /ˈɛm ɪ grənt/

Emigrant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 487 anagrams from letters in emigrant (aegimnrt).

Definitions for emigrant

noun

  1. a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region: Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.

adjective

  1. emigrating.

Origin of emigrant

1745-55, Americanism; Latin ēmīgrant- (stem of ēmīgrāns) moving away (present participle of ēmīgrāre), equivalent to ē- e-1 + mīgrant- (mīgr- remove + -ant- <

Examples for emigrant

He is an emigrant rather than a sailor, for he has only shipped for a passage.

Not an emigrant, he hoped, within the sense and spirit of the law.

He had not a sou of money for his passage, as he had not even been able to pay for an emigrant's ticket.

But capital is indispensable to his success, and no emigrant should proceed there without it.

The newer American emigrant came for land and secured it outside.

Then there is another danger—the tendency of emigrant colonization.

The only response is, that I have acted for an emigrant, and where is that emigrant?

We must have all the emigrant fun we can, for we'll only be Ted and Kitty after we get home.

Behold me on my way to an emigrant Ship, on a hot morning early in June.

What does the emigrant from Europe bring to America besides his baggage?

Word Value for emigrant
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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