Synonyms for emigre
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪ; French eɪ miˈgreɪ |
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Définition of emigre
Origin :- 1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.
- noun emigrant
- A future king of France, while an emigre, had been to Louisiana.
- Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
- I thought I was saving an emigre, but I love you better as a Republican.
- Extract from : « The Chouans » by Honore de Balzac
- The old captain was an emigre, and had returned undecided what he would do.
- Extract from : « The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete » by Constant
- You do not understand how delicate the position of an emigre is towards those who are now in possession of his property.
- Extract from : « An Historical Mystery » by Honore de Balzac
- Were you aware that sometime in the fall of 1963, that a lady was residing with Mrs. Paine who was a Russian emigre?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- That's correct, because being of the same nationality, I thought he was hurting all of our emigre here in Dallas.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Now, among the Russian emigre group in Dallas, did you ever know of anybody that you even thought might be a Communist?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- I had my suspicions, having just come from an emigre party where the Marquise was hating and praising him as usual.
- Extract from : « Rewards and Fairies » by Rudyard Kipling
- It's neither here nor there, of course, but those French emigre parties they almost make you cry.
- Extract from : « Rewards and Fairies » by Rudyard Kipling
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