a. [ L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i. ] 1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Migratory; roving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emigrated p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating. ] [ L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate. ] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ the Huns ] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration. ] 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate or promoter of emigration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., emigrant. ] 1. One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any emigrant, especially one who had fled his/her native land due to political conditions. [ PJC ]