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The meaning of ÉMIGRÉ is emigrant; especially : a person who emigrates for political reasons.
An émigré (French:) is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social exile or self-exile. The word is the past participle of the French verb émigrer meaning "to emigrate".
ÉMIGRÉ definition: 1. someone who has had to leave their country permanently, usually for political reasons 2. someone…. Learn more.
Émigré definition: an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions.. See examples of ÉMIGRÉ used in a sentence.
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Émigré, any of the Frenchmen, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France in the years following the French Revolution of 1789. From their places of exile in other countries, many émigrés plotted against the Revolutionary government, seeking foreign help in their goal of restoring the old regime.
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Definition of émigré noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from their native land because of political conditions. a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789. émigré. / ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ; emiɡre /.