- immigrant
- Every alien in the country except an alien within one of the classes of non-immigrant aliens specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. 8 USC § 1101(a)(15).
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
immigrant
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Immigrant(in) — Immigrant(in) … Deutsch Wörterbuch
immigrant — immigrant, ante [ imigrɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1787; de immigrer 1 ♦ Rare Qui immigre. 2 ♦ N. Cour. Personne qui immigre dans un pays ou qui y a immigré récemment. L assimilation des immigrants. ⇒ immigré. ⊗ CONTR. Autochtone. ● immigrant,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
immigrant — im‧mi‧grant [ˈɪmgrənt] noun [countable] someone who comes from abroad to live permanently in another country: • The country has a large immigrant population. compare emigrant * * * immigrant UK US /ˈɪmɪgrənt/ noun [C] ► a person who has come to… … Financial and business terms
Immigrant — Im mi*grant, n. [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See {Immigrate}.] One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; correlative of emigrant. Syn: See {Emigrant}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
immigrant — index alien (foreign), alien Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 immigrant … Law dictionary
immigrant — (n.) one who immigrates, 1792, in an American context, from Fr. immigrant, from L. immigrantem (nom. immigrans), prp. of immigrare (see IMMIGRATE (Cf. immigrate)). EMIGRANT (Cf. Emigrant) is older. As an adjective from 1805 … Etymology dictionary
Immigránt — (lat.), Einwanderer; Immigration, Einwanderung; immigrieren, einwandern … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Immigrant — Immigrant, Immigration, immigriren, lat. deutsch, Einwanderer, Einwanderung, einwandern … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
immigrant — immigrant, ante (i mmi gran, gran t ) adj. Qui vient s établir dans un pays qui n est pas le sien. Substantivement, les immigrants … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Immigrant — er et fremmedord for en indvandrer … Danske encyklopædi
immigrant — n 1 *stranger, alien, foreigner, outlander, outsider, émigré 2 *emigrant … New Dictionary of Synonyms
