expatriate

CEFRC1

/ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/

noun · adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person living outside their own country.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who has been banished from one's own country.

Examples

  • The British expatriate lived and worked in Spain for ten years.

  • She wants to expatriate.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/
  • /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Living outside of one's own country.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

More examples

In context

  • Tom is an expatriate.

  • an expatriate rebel force

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.