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expatriate (s) (noun), expatriates (pl)
People who have been driven from their native countries or who have withdrawn from living in a certain place: When Janet left her home in California and moved to Germany for good, she became an expatriate.
An exile who has chosen to live in another place.
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Someone who withdraws from his or her own country to live in another one.
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expatriate (verb), expatriates; expatriated; expatriating
1. To cause someone to leave his native land or to exile him or her.
2. To withdraw oneself from his or her country for reasons of survival: There are many refugees who are fleeing their habitats because of terrible economic and living conditions where they have been living.
This entry is located in the following units: ex-, e-, ef- (page 3) pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria (page 1)