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emigrant (EM i gruhnt) (noun)
An individual or object that has left one country or location to settle in another location: Jodie wants to be an emigrant from her native country so she can become an immigrant in a new country.
immigrant (IM i gruhnt) (noun)
An individual or object which has come from a different location and settled in a new area: Reed's grandfather was an immigrant in Canada who came as an emigrant from France.
The story of the settlement of the nation is a combined narrative of each immigrant who came from his or her homeland to settle and to make it possible for an additional emigrant to move away from his or her country.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group E; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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1. A newcomer to a territory who has settled there.
2. Someone who leaves one country to live permanently in another one.
3. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
2. Someone who leaves one country to live permanently in another one.
3. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.