Meaning & use
immigrant
A person who moves to live permanently in a country that is not their country of birth.
See it in a sentence
Her grandparents were immigrants who arrived from Italy in the 1950s seeking better opportunities.
The city's immigrant population has grown steadily, adding new languages and traditions to its neighborhoods.
A note on using this word
"Immigrant" describes someone arriving in a new country, while "emigrant" describes the same person from the perspective of the country they left.
Words with a similar meaning
newcomersettler
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Words with an opposite meaning
emigrantnative
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