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immigrant

Noun B1 – Intermediate

A person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own.

"Her grandparents were immigrants who arrived by ship in the 1950s."

An "immigrant" is described from the point of view of the country arrived in, while an "emigrant" is described from the country left behind.

Synonyms

settler

Antonyms