immigrant
Academic Word List, sublist 3.
About 7.70 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants.
- noun A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
- adjective Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
Similar words
emigration emigrant immigration immigrate migration migratory settler emigrate expatriate entry
Often followed by
groups women and workers population children families communities who
Word family
immigrants immigrate immigrated immigrates immigrating immigration
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