/muy"greuhnt/ , adj.
1. migrating, esp. of people; migratory.
n.
2. a person or animal that migrates.
3. Also called migrant worker . a person who moves from place to place to get work, esp. a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
[ 1665-75; migrant- (s. of migrans ), prp. of migrare. See MIGRATE, -ANT ]