Emigre

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  'Emigr'e \['E]`mi`gr['e]"\, n. [F., emigrant.]
     1. One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first
        Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: Any emigrant, especially one who had fled his/her


        native land due to political conditions.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emigre
       n : someone who leaves one country to settle in another [syn: {emigrant},
            {emigree}, {outgoer}]