Lexic.us

Definition of Immigrant

1. Noun. A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.

Definition of Immigrant

1. n. One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

Definition of Immigrant

1. Adjective. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. ¹

2. Noun. A person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle in the new country. ¹

3. Noun. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Immigrant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immigrant

Literary usage of Immigrant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1922)
"To meet these needs the institution popularly known as the immigrant bank has come into ... In many respects the immigrant bank is practically a bureau of ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"The immigrant in this sense becomes a perennial challenge to the ethically ... B. immigrant HERITAGES Professor Robert E. Park, University of Chicago Some ..."

3. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"immigrant LODGING HOUSES immigrant lodging houses in New York City are inspected once ... The definition in the statute of an immigrant lodging house is ..."

4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"THE VALUE OF AN immigrant. BY EX-CONGRESSMAN ROBERT BAKER. RECENT, as well as former, discussions of the immigration problem have yielded a prolific crop of ..."

5. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"Among them are immigrant, colonist, and second-class services. THE immigrant SERVICE The annual number of immigrants coming to the United States has grown ..."

6. Principles of Ocean Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1918)
"To the steamship ticket which they purchase is attached a steamship order entitling the immigrant to a railroad ticket, which he receives at Ellis Island ..."

7. Public Opinion and the Steel Strike: Supplementary Reports of the by Bureau of Industrial Research (1921)
"For almost the first time the immigrant workers dared to defy the dominant ... immigrant Rebellion The determination of the immigrant worker to assert ..."

8. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1918)
"THE immigrant AS A PROBLEM IN COMMUNITY PLANNING GRACE ABBOTT Federal Children's Bureau In the discussion of immigration during the past ..."

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