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expatriate

noun

  1. individual temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship
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verb

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Wiktionary

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.

  1. 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.

  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.

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.

  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  2. To withdraw from one’s native country.
  3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.