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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Emigrant

Ĕm'i-grant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. emigrans, p. pr. of emigrare; Fr. émigrant. See infra.]

  1. Pertaining to an emigrant; as, an emigrant ship, or hospital.
  2. Removing or emigrating from one country to another; as, an emigrant company or nation.

Ĕm'i-grant, n.

noun

n. One who removes his habitation, or quits one country or region to settle in another.