émigré is an English word with synonyms like emigrant or migrant. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
émigré meaning
- One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
- An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.
Using émigré
- The main meaning on this page is: One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee. | An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.
- Useful related words include: emigrant, emigree, outgoer, migrant.
- In the example corpus, émigré often appears in combinations such as: russian émigré, the émigré, émigré community.
Context around émigré
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for émigré
- In this selection, "émigré" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, russian, soviet, musical, community, population and col stand out and add context to how "émigré" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a squat émigré of the and among the émigré polish community. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "émigré" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with émigré
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One of these was the Russian émigré, Col. Ivan (John) Turchin. (11 words)
He also brokered marriages and translated among the émigré Polish community. (11 words)
Slavery was reestablished and many of the émigré Spanish colonists returned. (11 words)
Nabokov stayed in Berlin, where he had become a recognised poet and writer within the émigré community and published under the nom de plume V. Sirin (a reference to the fabulous bird of Russian folklore). (35 words)
If suffrage was to be extended to these 1.2 million Lebanese émigré citizens, it would have a significant political effect, since as many as 80% of them are believed to be Christian. (33 words)
In 1936, Véra lost her job because of the increasingly anti-Semitic environment; also in that year the assassin of Nabokov's father was appointed second-in-command of the Russian émigré group. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
A significant part of this dynamic is the large Russian émigré population in Israel.
Mr. Arlen made wide contacts in the music world and joined the musical émigré community, exiles from the Hitler era who found stardom in Hollywood.
Dermen’s cousin — a squat émigré of the Soviet Union known as “Gordo” — was serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay State Prison for a kidnapping conspiracy.
The Soviet émigré, who is charged with violating campaign-finance law, is clearly out to save his own skin.
One of these was the Russian émigré, Col. Ivan (John) Turchin.
The movie was filmed in Prague, and marked the first time the Czech émigré director had returned home since the Soviet-backed communist regime crushed the Prague Spring movement in 1968.
I was consulting with a Nebraska-born neurologist, the son of a grain elevator operator, while a Mayo-trained Kenyan émigré expertly drew my blood.
At this time, Theremin worked closely with fellow Soviet émigré and theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore (Clara Reisenberg as she was when they first met).
Ecuador continues to voice its concerns over an influx of émigré stemming from guerilla activity at its borders.
He also brokered marriages and translated among the émigré Polish community.
His name was then suppressed from the émigré list and he returned to France on 25 September 1796.
His report was first published in 1611 by Emanuel Van Meteren, an Antwerp émigré and the Dutch Consul at London.
If suffrage was to be extended to these 1.2 million Lebanese émigré citizens, it would have a significant political effect, since as many as 80% of them are believed to be Christian.
In 1920, Nabokov's family moved to Berlin, where his father set up the émigré newspaper Rul' ("Rudder").
In 1936, Véra lost her job because of the increasingly anti-Semitic environment; also in that year the assassin of Nabokov's father was appointed second-in-command of the Russian émigré group.
Józef Wybicki was among the leading moderate émigré politicians seeking French aid in re-establishing Polish independence.
Luzhin and Turati But in the finals the Russian Émigré loses out to the time clock, forcing the game to adjourn.
Nabokov stayed in Berlin, where he had become a recognised poet and writer within the émigré community and published under the nom de plume V. Sirin (a reference to the fabulous bird of Russian folklore).
Slavery was reestablished and many of the émigré Spanish colonists returned.
Such compositions he published in the Russian émigré press, Poems and Problems (18 chess compositions) and Speak, Memory (one problem).
Common combinations with émigré
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: