Word of the Day 10/05/22 Immigrant
Immigrant (noun, adjective)
immigrant [ im-i-gruhnt ]
noun
1. a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
2. an organism found in a new habitat.
adjective
3. of or relating to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs.
4. immigrating.
OTHER WORDS FROM IMMIGRANT
non·im·mi·grant, noun, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH IMMIGRANT
emigrant, migrant
WORDS RELATED TO IMMIGRANT
alien, foreigner, migrant, newcomer, settler, colonist, outsider, pioneer, incomer
See synonyms for: immigrant / immigrants on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1780–90, Americanism; < Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-, migrant
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immigrant [ im-i-gruhnt ]
noun
1. a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
2. an organism found in a new habitat.
adjective
3. of or relating to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs.
4. immigrating.
OTHER WORDS FROM IMMIGRANT
non·im·mi·grant, noun, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH IMMIGRANT
emigrant, migrant
WORDS RELATED TO IMMIGRANT
alien, foreigner, migrant, newcomer, settler, colonist, outsider, pioneer, incomer
See synonyms for: immigrant / immigrants on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1780–90, Americanism; < Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-, migrant
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.