Emigrant \Em"i*grant\, a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of
emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. ['e]migrant. See Emigrate, v.
i.]
1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an
emigrant company or nation.
2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an
emigrant ship or hospital.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Emigrant \Em"i*grant\, 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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