EXPATRIATE


Meaning of EXPATRIATE in English

/ ˌeksˈpætriət; NAmE -ˈpeɪt-/ (also informal expat ) noun

a person living in a country that is not their own :

American expatriates in Paris

►  ex·patri·ate adjective [ only before noun ]:

expatriate Britons in Spain

expatriate workers

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent. (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- gone out from one's country, from the verb expatriare , from ex- out + patria native country.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.