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Definition of immigrant : One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; - correlative of emigrant.

Synonyms:

approach, transmigrant

alien, resident alien, hyphenated American, settler, study at alien, adoptive citizen, emigrant, nonnative, refugee, stranger, newcomer, migrant, outlander, expatriate, foreigner, naturalized citizen

Usage examples:

• Twenty years ago a poor immigrant boy, employed as a dish washer in New York, wandered into the Cooper Union and began to read a copy of Henry George's " Progress and Poverty." - "The Art of Public Speaking", Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein.
• The superintendent of the Boott Corporation informed me, that, during the five and a half years of his superintendence of that factory, employing about nine hundred and fifty young women, he had known of but one case of an illegitimate birth- and the mother was an Irish " immigrant." - "A Visit To The United States In 1841", Joseph Sturge.
• The Cunjee district was a friendly one; station owners and farmers alike looked kindly on the young immigrant who turned so readily to work after four years' fighting. - "Back To Billabong", Mary Grant Bruce.