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Etymology

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From French expatrié, from ex- (out of) + patrie (native land).

Pronunciation

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  • Adjective and noun: IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹi.ɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
  • Verb: IPA(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪ.eɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

Adjective

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expatriate (not comparable)

  1. Living outside of one's own country.
    Synonyms: émigré, outland, emigrant, immigrant
    an expatriate rebel force

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Noun

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expatriate (plural expatriates)

  1. One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
    Synonyms: émigré, outlander, emigrant, immigrant
  2. One who has been banished from one's own country.
    Synonym: exile

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See also

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Verb

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expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)

  1. (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  2. (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
  3. (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
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Spanish

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Verb

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expatriate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of expatriar combined with te