Definition of "expatriate" []

• To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish. (verb-transitive)
• To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land. (verb-transitive)
• To give up residence in one's homeland. (verb-intransitive)
• To renounce allegiance to one's homeland. (verb-intransitive)
• One who has taken up residence in a foreign country. (noun)

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• "Twombly profited from the global economy, and yet as an individual and an artist he was very much of a particular milieu, that of the American sophisticate in Europe although he hated the label "expatriate"."
• "The term expatriate is also an unfriendly term for a society that relies heavily on the industry of tourism to generate revenue and partially built on the backs of guest workers from other countries and cultures."
• "For those interested, the word expatriate comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (fatherland), and there are countries with legal definition for the term."