immigrant

Definition of Immigrant in English :

1. immigrant

a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Immigrant

noun

1.

a.

a person who comes to a country in order to settle there

Compare emigrant

b.

(as modifier)

an immigrant community

2.

an animal or plant that lives or grows in a region to which it has recently migrated

noun

1.

a person who immigrates

2.

a plant or animal that has recently appeared for the first time in a locality

adjective

3.

of or relating to immigrants

4.

immigrating

n.

1. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.

2. An organism that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

adj.

Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.