IMMIGRANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of immigrant in English

(Definition of immigrant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of immigrant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of immigrant from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of immigrant

immigrant
The law also prohibits landlords from renting property to undocumented immigrants, and employers from hiring them.
Yes, this country is made up of immigrants.
From CNN
It was that law than punished people, here unlawfully, who had to travel home for an immigrant visa interview.
The pain is common among us, the immigrants who worked in the area.
From CBS News
There are plenty of degree-mill scams, just as there are plenty of scams that the immigrants deal with.
From CNN
Undocumented immigrants can not obtain a driver's license in most states.
Fear of deportation stops many immigrants who are victims of crimes or trafficking from reporting to authorities what happened.
Officials believe thousands more immigrants are out there who haven't found help.
It's amazing to see so many recent immigrants there from every nationality.
They refuse, and end up locked out and replaced by immigrant labor.
From NPR
And there are now more than 11 million immigrants living here without permission.
She has called for her party to avoid appearing "cold and unwelcoming" to immigrants and people of color.
The opposing groups are a gang of young people and a group of new immigrants.
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Translations of immigrant

in Chinese (Traditional)
(外來的)移民…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(外来的)移民…
in Spanish
inmigrante, inmigrante [masculine]…
in Portuguese
imigrante, imigrante [masculine-feminine]…
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in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
स्थलांतरित…
(外国からの)移民, 移民(いみん)…
göçmen, muhacir…
immigré/-ée [masculine-feminine], immigrant/-ante…
immigrant…
immigrant…
வேற்றோரு நாட்டில் இருந்து மற்றொரு நாட்டிற்கு நிரந்தரமாக வசிப்பதற்காக வந்த ஒருவர்…
प्रवासी…
પ્રવાસી, દેશાગત, બિનનિવાસી…
immigrant, indvandrer, indvandrer-…
immigrant, invandrare…
pendatang…
der Einwanderer / die Einwanderin…
innvandrer [masculine], innvandrer…
تارکِ وطن, مہاجر…
іммігрант, іммігрантський…
иммигрант…
వలసదారు…
مُهاجِر…
অভিবাসী…
přistěhovalec(ký)…
imigran…
ผู้อพยพ…
nhập cư…
imigrant/ka, imigrant…
이민자…
immigrato, -a, immigrante…
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