outgoer

9.1

A person who leaves their country to live in another country

noun
/ˈaʊtˌɡoʊər/

: emigrante

The policy aimed to track the number of outgoers departing annually.

Examples

An outgoer often faces many challenges.
The outgoer found new opportunities after settling in Canada.
Many outgoers faced challenges adapting to their adopted countries.
Many outgoers find new opportunities abroad.
As an outgoer, she felt a mix of excitement and sadness when moving to a new country.
The outgoer left behind old friends to start a new life in a distant land.
Many outgoers seek opportunities abroad for better work and living conditions.

Synonyms

settler

vsoutgoer

108 4.1

A person who moves to a new area to live and set up a home

focuses on individual relocation to settle without colonizing purpose

expat

vsoutgoer

16 5.5

A person who lives in another country by choice

refers to permanent settlement rather than optional foreign residence

emigrant

vsoutgoer

6 3.8

A person who leaves their country to live in another country

is the same idea of permanent relocation rather than temporary travel

émigré

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5 8.6

A person who left their country to live in another, often for political reasons

refers to leaving to settle without the political emphasis

emigree

vsoutgoer

8.2

A person who leaves their country to live in another country

has identical meaning and use as the core concept

Antonyms

incomer

1 5.1

A person who has recently moved to a new town or area

Surface Forms

outgoer singular

outgoers plural

Morphology

outgoer = goer (transparent) = out + go + goer + er

Formed by adding the productive prefix 'out-' to 'goer', yielding literally 'one who goes out' which matches 'emigrant'.

Etymology

The word outgoer is made of out and goer, with goer used in words like party-goer to mean 'someone who goes'. So an outgoer is a person who 'goes out' of their country, which is why it means someone who leaves one country to live in another.