migrant
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈmaɪɡrənt/
:
migrante
- Abu Dhabi depends on migrant labour, so does Dubai.
- illegal migrants
- migrant workers
- migrant farmworkers
He blames the increase in migrants on climate change.
- He blames the increase in migrants on climate change.
- There was some push for some technology in that bill to help process migrants faster.
- You have the headset on and you are actually with a group of migrants crossing the border with them.
- But I've always wondered why people keep thinking of Mexican migrants as new.
- So wouldn't taxpayers money be much better spent on programs to assist migrants to integrate?
- It does definitely touch on the inhumane treatment of immigrants, migrants on the US Mexico border.
- We're just going to drop the humans migrants across this wall.
- What they're calling and saying is we're seeing migrants kidnap our dogs and cats.
- Finland, Sweden and Norway that migrants from certain countries.
- Women take jobs from men, migrants take jobs from non migrants.
- We not the same migrants that y'all constantly come up against.
Examples
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Many migrant workers move to different countries to seek better job opportunities.
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Over 10 million migrant workers in China lose their jobs.
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The daughter of migrant workers, she grew up in the United States and Mexico.
Fiction book (1998) -
Can you arrange a meeting and invite every migrant worker in the area?
Fiction book (1999) -
There were no set wages for migrant workers, and farmers paid whatever they pleased.
Fiction book (1999) -
However, the boycott failed, and the migrant workers were denied a fair contract.
Fiction book (1999) -
Also present were many migrant workers, most of them from Indonesia (Saw 2007, 16).
Academic text (2011) -
At this very moment, large well organized caravans of migrants are marching toward our southern border.
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So wouldn't taxpayers money be much better spent on programs to assist migrants to integrate?
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Individual FQHCs have attempted to tailor services to meet the needs of migrant farmworkers.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.5
A person who moves to another country to live there for a long time
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3.3
A person who moves to another place to do temporary work, often on farms
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3.8
A person who leaves their country to live in another country
A person who moves to another region or country to live for a short time
A person who leaves their country to live in another country
A person or animal that moves to another place at the same time each year
Compounds
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word migrant comes from the Latin verb migrare, which means 'to move'. It is the same root as migrate and migration, so a migrant is simply a person who moves to a new place to live or work.