/em"i gray'/ ; Fr. /ay mee grdday"/ , n. , pl. émigrés /-grayz'/ ; Fr. /-grdday"/ .
1. an emigrant, esp. a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
2. a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.
[ 1785-95; émigrer emigrare to EMIGRATE ]