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Meaning of expatriate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

expatriate

Pronunciation:/ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. One who lives outside their own country.

verb

Definitions

  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

  2. To withdraw from one’s native country.

  3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Living outside of one's own country.

    Example: an expatriate rebel force