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Definition of "emigre" [emigre]

  • One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee. (noun)
  • An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another. (noun)

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Use "emigre" in a sentence
  • "Trying to change the political culture of Mexico as a single emigre is a total waste of energy that will drive you mad."
  • "Hu is just the kind of emigre Beijing has been eager to lure back to bolster an economy growing rapidly but short of talented managers and innovators."
  • "He was tall, elegant, handsome and "very Czech, by which I mean passionate and pessimistic" – the very embodiment of a romantic emigre, one who came to London after Soviet tanks had crushed the Prague spring in 1968, with £50 in his pocket."
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