immigrant
noun
- refugee or foreigner seeking or has gained citizenship in the current land of residency
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).
- Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
noun
Etymology: From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).
- A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
“Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants.”
“What Alexis de Tocqueville saw in America was a society of immigrants, each of whom had begun life anew, on an equal footing. This was the secret of America: a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action.”
- A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.