What does emigrant mean?
Word: Emigrant
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Emigrant means a person who leaves their own country to go and live in another one.
Synonyms: migrant
How do you spell emigrant?
Syllables: em - i - grant
Tricky part: Emigrant has one m. A similar word with two m's describes the same move seen from the other end, so read the sentence carefully.
Watch out for: emmigrant, emigrint, emigrunt
Memory tip: Emigrant begins like emit, which means to send out: e, then a single m.
Emigrant in a sentence
Example 1: Many emigrants from Kerala work in the Gulf and send money home.
Example 2: The ship carried hundreds of emigrants from Ireland to America.
Example 3: As an emigrant, Mr Desai missed the food of his village in Gujarat.
Fun Fact
Emigrant, immigrant and migrant all share the Latin root migrare, meaning to move from one place to another.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
rgatnime
a) someone who looks after a large building
b) someone who travels to a holy place to pray
c) someone who studies the stars and planets
d) someone who moves away from their homeland to live abroad
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d) someone who moves away from their homeland to live abroad. Sorted out, the letters give emigrant, someone who has moved away from their homeland.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) traveller : travel
b) settler : settle
c) emigrent : emigrate
d) visitor : visit
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c) emigrent : emigrate. Emigrant ends in ant, like migrant; the other person : action pairs are spelt correctly.
Sound Check
In which word is 'g' pronounced differently?
a) region
b) regular
c) emigrant
d) migrant
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a) region. In region the g is soft, like j; in the other three it is hard, as in go.
Word Twins
Read the sentences and choose the correct option:
1. Leela's uncle left India as an emigrant in 1995 and now teaches in Canada. 2. When he arrived, Canada counted him as a new immigrant.
a) both
b) only 1
c) neither
d) only 2
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a) both. Leaving India, he is an emigrant; arriving in Canada, he is an immigrant, so both sentences are right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these people is an emigrant?
a) a nurse who moves from Kerala to live in Ireland
b) a student who goes home for the holidays
c) a driver who takes a lorry to Delhi
d) a tourist who visits Goa for a week
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a) a nurse who moves from Kerala to live in Ireland
2. Before leaving to settle abroad, an emigrant usually needs ___.
a) a new school uniform
b) a monthly bus pass
c) a passport and a visa
d) a local library card
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c) a passport and a visa
