Migrant Meaning
/ˈmaɪɡɹənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
nounTraveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
Sentence Examples
There are many migrant farm-worker children at our school.
What is the aim of Ursula von der Leyen with the migrant flows?
Ziri was being held in prison for helping a migrant.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ moved from one country to another for better work opportunities.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government official visited the ____ camp to ensure that the people living there had access to clean water and adequate medical supplies.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree French migrantbor. English migrant Borrowed from French migrant.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns.""
— 1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182:
"These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter."
— 2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN:
"“But once you lose everything— your home, your school, your clinic, your road, your church—then it’s an impossible situation. You become an environmental migrant because you have to find those facilities in some other place.”"
— 2021 April 22, Aryn Baker, “Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?”, in Time:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ moved from one country to another for better work opportunities.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government official visited the ____ camp to ensure that the people living there had access to clean water and adequate medical supplies.