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   Emigrant (?), a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
   1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, “an emigrant company or nation”.
   
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   2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, “an emigrant ship or hospital”.
   
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   Emigrant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
   
   Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.
   
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