expatriate
noun
- individual temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/ / /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/ / /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/ / /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Living outside of one's own country.
“an expatriate rebel force”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
- One who has been banished from one's own country.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- To withdraw from one’s native country.
- To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.