immigrant
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
Noun 2 meanings
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
“Approximately 1.5 million Mexicans are descendants of Irish immigrants.”
A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
Etymology
From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).
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IMMIGRANT at a glance
IMMIGRANT has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + M 3 + I 1 + G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,591 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with immigrant
All rhymes- WANT7
- IMPORTANT13
- SIGNIFICANT17
- MEANT7
- PLANT7
- ASSISTANT9
- RESTAURANT10
- GRANT6
- GIANT6
- RELEVANT11
- PREGNANT11
- BRILLIANT11
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