Meaning & use

Migrator

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A person, animal, or thing that migrates, moving from one place or system to another.

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The arctic tern is one of the most impressive migrators in the animal kingdom.

The software includes a data migrator to move files to the new server.

A note on using this word

While 'migrant' is more common for people and animals, 'migrator' is frequently used in technology to describe tools that move data between systems.

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