plural migrants
: someone or something that migrates: such as
a
: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops
farms employing migrants during the growing season
b
: immigrant sense a
especially
: refugee
… administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border … and penalize people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border. —
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c
: an animal (such as a gray whale, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, or Canada goose) that moves usually long distances from one habitat or geographic region to another
migrant
adjective
migrant labor
migrant birds
Examples of migrant in a Sentence
migrants in search of work on farms
Not all birds are migrants.
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Urbieta’s feature debut is an instigating social drama that follows the tensions between a couple after an encounter with migrants trying to cross the river between the two countries.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Dubai alone attracts more ultra-wealthy migrants year after year than any country on the planet.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
The protests, called Make Billionaires Pay, have been planned to coincide with world leaders coming to New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week and seek to make billionaires pay higher tax, support the climate and protect migrants.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
This approach inadvertently excludes several groups—including low- to moderate-income households, migrants and others—who face challenges such as lack of formal identification, irregular income streams and limited digital literacy.
—Akhil Gupta, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Dubai alone attracts more ultra-wealthy migrants year after year than any country on the planet.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
The protests, called Make Billionaires Pay, have been planned to coincide with world leaders coming to New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week and seek to make billionaires pay higher tax, support the climate and protect migrants.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
This approach inadvertently excludes several groups—including low- to moderate-income households, migrants and others—who face challenges such as lack of formal identification, irregular income streams and limited digital literacy.
—Akhil Gupta, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for migrant
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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