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émigré noun[ C ] uk /ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/ us /ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/ someone who has had to leave their country permanently, usually for political reasons(通常指因政治原因而移居外国的)流亡者 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases People who live or settle somewhere asylum seeker boarder brain drain city slicker co-resident Georgian guest worker habitant illegal alien illegal immigrant lodger Orcadian outflow overspill repeople returnee squatter villager welcome wagon year-rounder
A French émigré of the old school, with the dainty, gallant ways of the ancien régime, he still clung to the dress of his earlier days, and wore a veritable queue, silk stockings and buckled shoes. But it is not given to all émigré's to become great capitalists or great leaders. He is an émigré. This gentleman, a French émigré, who found a refuge in Canada, had thrown himself with great devotion into the rough life of a missionary among the scattered peoples, Canadians and Indians alike, of his remote parish. |