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expatriate.

Living outside of one's own country.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt//ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
  1. Living outside of one's own country.

    not-comparable
    an expatriate rebel force
Where this word comes from

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

noun/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt//ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
  1. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

  2. One who has been banished from one's own country.

Where this word comes from

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

verb/ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt//ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

    transitive
  2. To withdraw from one’s native country.

    intransitive
  3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.

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