🇬🇧 Emigrant meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An emigrant is someone who moves away from their home country and plans to live in a different country for a long time, usually forever. For example, if a family leaves Country A to start a new life in Country B, they are emigrants from Country A. They might move for a better job, to be safer, to join family, or to find new opportunities. The word focuses on the fact that they are leaving their old country behind to make a new home somewhere else.

Our teacher said if she became an emigrant, she’d move somewhere students actually finish their homework without reminders.

An emigrant robot moved to another country where people actually read the instruction manual before pressing buttons.

People are called emigrants when they leave a country, but immigrants when they arrive in the new one—so one person can be an emigrant and an immigrant at the same time.

An emigrant snowman moved to a colder country because the last summer had turned half of him into a puddle.

An emigrant penguin waddled off the icy land, saying, “I’m moving somewhere my feet don’t freeze to the floor.”

Sara closed the small shop and hugged her mother. As an emigrant she carried one suitcase, a photograph, and a ticket. At the harbor another emigrant waved, a child emigrant clutched a toy, and an old emigrant smiled. On the ship Sara watched her town fade and breathed: she was an emigrant at last, and the boat moved.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

Expanding your English vocabulary is one of the best ways to improve your pronunciation, spelling, and confidence in English. Watch the video above to memorize the word, understand its meaning, and see example sentences in action. Discover related words to grow your vocabulary naturally. Add words to your playlist for stress-free, effective learning—anytime, anywhere! Watch, learn, repeat.