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emigre.

One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪ/
  1. One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.

    Between the wars, Paris was the center for all the world's emigres.
  2. An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French émigré.

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