A person who leaves their native country to live permanently in another country.
From Latin 'emigrans,' the present participle of 'emigrare.' The '-ant' suffix indicates someone who performs an action. First widely used in English during the 1700s to describe people leaving Britain and Europe.
Interestingly, the same person is an 'emigrant' from the perspective of their homeland but an 'immigrant' from the perspective of their new home—it's the same journey described from two opposite viewpoints.
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