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Definition: Immigrant |
ImmigrantNoun1. A person who comes to country where they were not born in order to settle there. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "immigrant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Immigrant \Im"mi*grant\, noun. [Latin expression immigrans, present participle of immigrare to go into: compare to the French expression immigrant. See Immigrate.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Diversity | A person who resides in a nation, country, or region other than that of his/her origin. Also known as nonnative, outlander, outsider, alien, etc . . . (ant. emigrant). (references) |
Immigration | See Permanent Resident Alien. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Catalan (immigrant). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Extraneousness | Noun: extraneousness; Adjective: extrinsicality; exteriority; alienage, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander; outsider; Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot. |
Ingress | Inlet; way in; mouth, door; (opening); barway; path; (way); conduit; immigrant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Immigrant |
| English words defined with "immigrant": befool ♦ challenge ♦ dupe ♦ fool ♦ gull ♦ immigrant class ♦ old country ♦ put on, put one across, put one over ♦ slang ♦ take in. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "immigrant": Adjustment to Immigrant Status, Amerasian ♦ Country of - ♦ Expedited Removal ♦ first generation, Foreign State of Chargeability ♦ Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 ♦ Lawful Permanent Resident, Legalized Aliens ♦ Permanent Resident, Principal Alien, Priority Date ♦ Religious use, Returning Resident. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Immigrant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (immigrant), German (immigrant), Swedish (immigrant, incomer). |
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Screenplays | Look, I want a job as much as the next guy, but what with affirmative action, gay action, immigrant action, and me only havin' my Grade 7, ain't no jobs left for guys like me. Besides, I'm Percy Spencer. (Kevin Spencer; writing credit: Rick Kaulbars; Greg Lawrence) I love you like the Pilgrim loves the Holy Land, like the wayfarer loves his wayward ways, like the immigrant that I am loves America, and the blind man the memory of his sighted days. (Four Friends; writing credit: Steve Tesich) | |
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Song Titles | Immigrant Song (performing artist: Led Zeppelin) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Old wind mill and cattle. Immigrant Flats, Baker City RA.Credit: John Craig. |  | Immigrant Flats, Baker City RA. Black dog and cattle.Credit: John Craig. |
 | A prospective immigrant applies for a visa ....Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Interview and psychiatric examination of immigrant at Ellis Island].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Theodore Roosevelt | Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. |
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Children | Greece | Child prostitution is a growing phenomenon, particularly in some parts of immigrant communities of central Athens. (references) |
Japan | In 2000 the Tokyo prefectural government put into effect programs to protect the welfare of stateless children, whose births their illegal immigrant mothers refused to register for fear of forcible repatriation. (references) | |
Portugal | During the year, the directorate initiated a program to coordinate assistance for children of immigrant families and a program to support early childhood, which includes the provision of better childcare facilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cuba | These medical professionals were granted immigrant status by other countries, but the Ministry of Health had refused to grant them permission to secure exit permits. (references) |
Cuba | The Government allows the majority of persons who qualify for immigrant or refugee status in other countries to depart; however, in certain cases the authorities delay or deny exit permits, usually without explanation. (references) | |
Vietnam | Refugee and immigrant visa applicants sometimes encountered local officials who arbitrarily delayed or denied passports based on personal animosities or on the officials' perception that an applicant did not meet program criteria, or in order to extort a bribe. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Other significant immigrant groups are Italian, Croatian, French, and Middle Eastern. (references) |
Italy | The North's shortage of labor has led to higher national levels of employment of unskilled and semi-skilled immigrant workers. (references) | |
Haiti | Individuals wishing to practice a trade in Haiti must obtain an immigrant visa from a Haitian Consulate and, in most cases, a government work permit. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | Another Mozambican immigrant reported that a similar incident took place in 2000 in the West Rand area. (references) |
Djibouti | In 1999 police detained an Ethiopian guard at a private residence, allegedly because he was an illegal immigrant. (references) | |
Greece | According to several immigrant associations in Athens, the low fees paid for such work often resulted in poor interpretation. (references) | |
Minorities | Italy | Immigrant conditions tend to differ significantly from those of Italian Roma. (references) |
Germany | In June 2000, three rightwing extremists beat to death Alberto Adriano, a Mozambican immigrant, as he walked home through a park at night in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | It falls to the discretion of public school principals whether children may attend, when immigrant parents have no identity cards or birth certificates to register children formally. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | Trafficking of illegal immigrant women and children for prostitution and forced labor is also a problem. (references) |
Andorra | Some immigrant workers complained that they do not have the same labor rights and security as citizens, despite legal protections. (references) | |
Italy | Child labor, mainly involving immigrant children, continued in the underground economy but authorities investigated such reports actively. (references) | |
Travel | Israel | Due to the diversity of the immigrant population, most Israelis are multilingual. (references) |
Women | Austria | The Committee was particularly concerned about immigrant women's access to employment. (references) |
Australia | However, in the last few years, small numbers of girls from immigrant communities in which FGM is practiced have been mutilated. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Laos | Some illegal immigrant Vietnamese children work selling goods on the streets of Vientiane. (references) |
Thailand | Work permits for immigrant laborers initially are granted for 1 year, and routinely are extended for a 2nd year. (references) | |
Andorra | Many immigrant workers hold only "temporary work authorizations," which are valid only as long as the job exists for which the permit was obtained. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We should honor every legal immigrant here, working hard to become a new citizen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Immigrant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.27% of the time. "Immigrant" is used about 208 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 68.27% | 142 | 26,554 |
| Noun (singular) | 31.25% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 208 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "immigrant": illegal immigrant ♦ immigrant class ♦ immigrant language teaching ♦ immigrant remittance ♦ immigrant worker ♦ landed immigrant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "immigrant": immigrant-based. | |
Ending with "immigrant": anti-immigrant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
immigrant | 472 |
immigrant visa | 74 |
irish immigrant | 49 |
immigrant ship | 49 |
italian immigrant | 48 |
immigrant mexican | 44 |
immigrant song | 43 |
immigrant insurance | 41 |
immigrant picture | 39 |
ellis island immigrant | 37 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "immigrant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | imigrues, imigrant. (various references) | |
Arabic | مهاجر (emigrant, emigrating, migrant, migratory), المهاجر (emigrant, migrant, pilgrim), الحيوان المهاجر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | който имигрира, имигрант (expatriate, incomer). (various references) | |
Chinese | 移民者 (migrant), 移民 (immigration). (various references) | |
Czech | imigrant, přistìhovalec (migrant, newcomer). (various references) | |
Danish | indvandrer, immigrant, tilvandret person, tilvandrer. (various references) | |
Dutch | immigrant. (various references) | |
Farsi | مهاجر (Colonist, Emigrant, Evacuee, Income, Migrant, Pilgrim, Refugee), کوچ نشین , غریب (Curious, Eccentric, Extravagant, Lonely, Nostalgic, Romantic, Singular, Stranger, Uncanny, Unco, Unheard, Unmoral, Unusual, Weird, Whimsical, Wonder), تازه وارد (Newcomer), اواره (Adrift, Gadabout, Straggle, Tramp, Wanderer). (various references) | |
Finnish | siirtolainen (colonist, emigrant, migrant, settler), maahanmuuttaja. (various references) | |
French | immigrant. (various references) | |
German | einwanderer (immigrants), immigrant. (various references) | |
Greek | μετανάστης (migrant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ"'ר (emigrant, migratory), עול" ח"ש (newcomer), טוש (abandoned, derelict, deserted, extending, forsaken, stranded). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bevándorló. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pendatang (outsider, stranger). (various references) | |
Italian | immigrante. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 移民 (emigrant, emigration, immigration), 移住者 (emigrant), 移住民 (emigrant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いじゅうしゃ (emigrant), いじゅうみ" (emigrant), いみ" (emigrant, emigration, immigration). (various references) | |
Korean | 이주자 (emigree, migrator). (various references) | |
Manx | sthie-arragh, Juan Haink Noal (come-over, newcomer), arreydagh (alert, attentive, caretaker, cautious, circumspect). (various references) | |
Norwegian | innvandrer. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immigrantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | imersão (dip, dipping, dipping treatment, immersion, plunge, soaking, steeping, submergence, submersion). (various references) | |
Romanian | imigrant (settler). (various references) | |
Russian | иммигрант. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | imigrantski, imigrant, useljenik (incomer), doseljenik, doseljenički. (various references) | |
Spanish | inmigrante (incomer, migrant, wet). (various references) | |
Swedish | invandrare (immigrants, pilgrim), invandrar-, immigrant (incomer). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้อพยพ (evacuee, migrant, migrator). (various references) | |
Turkish | muhacir (emigrant, refugee), göçmen (emigrant, incomer, migrant, migratory, settler), göçebe (migratory, nomad, roving, vagrant, wanderer, wandering). (various references) | |
Ukranian | іммігрантський, іммігрант (incomer), переселенець (emigrant, migrant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | dân nhập cư. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "immigrant": immigrants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "immigrant": nonimmigrant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "immigrant": nonimmigrants. (additional references) | |
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"Immigrant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emmigrant, imagrant, imegrant, imigrant, immagrant, immegrant, immiagrant, immigrans, immigrent, indigrant, Miniprint. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "immigrant" (pronounced i"mugrunt) |
| 7 | -m u g r u n t | emigrant. |
| 5 | -g r u n t | flagrant, fragrant, migrant, vagrant. |
| 4 | -r u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, declarant, deterrent, entrant, errant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-m-m-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: tramming, trimming. | |
-2 letters: airting, maiming, marting, martini, migrant, mitring, ramming, rimming. | |
-3 letters: aiming, airing, arming, gratin, intima, margin, martin, mating, miming, minima, miring, rating, riming, taming, taring, timing, tiring. | |
-4 letters: animi, gamin, garni, giant, grain, grant, inarm, iring, matin, minim, riant, tragi, train. | |
-5 letters: agin, airn, airt, amin, amir, anti, gain, gait, girn, girt, gnar, gnat, gram, gran, grat, grim, grin, grit, imam, inia, inti, magi, maim, main, mair, mart, mina, mini, mint, miri, ragi, rain, rami, rang, rani, rant, ring, tain, tang, tarn, ting, tram, trig, trim. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-m-m-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: immigrants. | |
+2 letters: immigrating, immigration. | |
+3 letters: immigrations, nonimmigrant. | |
+4 letters: commiserating, immigrational, immortalising, immortalizing, mainstreaming, masterminding, nonimmigrants. | |
+5 letters: ferrimagnetism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 6D 69 67 72 61 6E 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- -- .. --. .-. .- -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01101101 01101001 01100111 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m m i g r a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 006D 0069 0067 0072 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437979757384678086 |
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