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remigrant

remigrant

8.4
Relating to people who return to their home country after living abroad
  • adjective
  • /ˈriːmaɪɡrənt/
translation icon : remigrante
  • Many remigrant families are settling back into their hometowns.

Examples

  • The remigrant community is growing in the city.

  • Local businesses often benefit from the skills brought by remigrant professionals.

  • The government launched a program to help remigrant workers reintegrate into their home communities.

  • Special schools were established for the children of remigrant families returning from abroad.

  • The government launched a program to help remigrant workers reintegrate into their home communities.

  • Special schools were established for the children of remigrant families returning from abroad.

  • Many remigrant families are settling back into their hometowns.

Surface Forms

remigrant positive

Morphology

remigrant = migrant (semi-transparent) = re + migrant

The link to 'migrant' is clear, but 're-' is understood here as return migration to a former home country or place, which is somewhat more specific than simply 'migrating again'.

Etymology

Remigrant has the part re- meaning 'again' and the part migrant from migrate meaning 'to move to another place'. So as an adjective it describes people or things connected with those who have 'moved back again' to their home country.