emigrant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who leaves one country to settle in another
    outgoer; emigree; emigre.

WordNet

Em"i*grant adjective
Etymology
L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.
Definitions
  1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
  2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
Em"i*grant noun
Definitions
  1. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another. Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Webster 1913