expatriate
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thumb|Expatriate French voters queue in Lausanne, [[Switzerland, for the first round of the presidential election of 2007.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Semantics
- History
- Types of expat community
- Worldwide distribution of expats
- Business expatriates
- Reasons and motivations for expatriation
- Recent trends
- Academic research
- Literary and screen portrayals
- Fiction
- Memoirs
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thumb|Expatriate French voters queue in Lausanne, [[Switzerland, for the first round of the presidential election of 2007.]]
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country.
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