immigrant
noun
[ ˈɪmɪɡr(ə)nt ]
• a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
• "they found it difficult to expel illegal immigrants"
Similar:
newcomer,
settler,
incomer,
new arrival,
migrant,
emigrant,
non-native,
foreigner,
foreign national,
alien,
outsider,
stranger,
naturalized citizen,
expatriate,
expat,
Origin:
late 18th century: from Latin immigrant- ‘immigrating’, from the verb immigrare, on the pattern of emigrant .
