expatriate (noun)

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• expatriate — ► NOUN ▪ a person who lives outside their native country. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ living outside one s native country. ► VERB ▪ settle abroad. DERIVATIVES expatriation noun. ORIGIN Latin expatriare, from patria native …   English terms dictionary

• expatriate — I. verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one s own country, from Latin ex + patria native country, from feminine of patrius of a father, from patr , pater father more at father Date:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• expatriate — (v.) 1768, from Fr. expatrier banish (14c.), from ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + patrie native land, from L. patria one s native country, from pater (gen. patris) father (Cf. PATRIOT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• expatriate — noun ɪks patrɪət, peɪtrɪət, ɛks a person who lives outside their native country. adjective living outside one s native country. verb ɪks patrɪeɪt, peɪtrɪeɪt, ɛks settle abroad. Derivatives expatriation noun Origin C18 (as v.): from med. L.… …   English new terms dictionary

• expatriate — An employee who is a U.S. citizen living and working in a foreign country. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * expatriate ex‧pat‧ri‧ate [eksˈpætriət, trieɪt ǁ eksˈpeɪ ] also ex‧pat [eksˈpæt] informal noun [countable] someone who has moved to a… …   Financial and business terms

• expatriate — UK [eksˈpætrɪət] / UK [eksˈpætrɪeɪt] / US [ekˈspeɪtrɪət] noun [countable] Word forms expatriate : singular expatriate plural expatriates someone who lives in a country that is not their own country Prague has a large population of American… …   English dictionary

• expatriate — ex|pat|ri|ate [eksˈpætriət, trieıt US ˈpeı ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of expatriare, from Latin patria your own country ] someone who lives in a foreign country ▪ British expatriates living in Spain… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• expatriate — 1 noun (C) someone who lives in a foreign country: British expatriates living in Spain expatriate adjective (only before noun) 2 verb (T) to force someone to leave their own country and go to live in another country, especially because they have… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• expatriate — ex|pa|tri|ate [ ek speıtriət ] noun count someone who lives in a foreign country: Prague has a large population of American expatriates. ╾ ex|pa|tri|ate adjective: expatriate workers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• expatriate — 1. noun expatriates working overseas Syn: emigrant, nonnative, émigré, migrant; informal expat Ant: national 2. adjective expatriate workers Syn: emigrant, living abroad, nonnative, foreign, émigré; informal expat …   Thesaurus of popular words

• expatriate — [eksˈpætriət] noun [C] someone who lives in a foreign country expatriate adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English