Emigre is an English word with synonyms like emigrant or migrant. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Emigre 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 Emigre
- 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, emigre often appears in combinations such as: russian emigre.
Context around Emigre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Emigre
- In this selection, "emigre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, russian, light, scottish, filmmakers, community and gave stand out and add context to how "emigre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a russian emigre and a scottish emigre gave san. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "emigre" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with emigre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even as a teenager, Idada already conceived life as an emigre. (11 words)
City of Darkness, City of Light: Emigre Filmmakers in Paris, 1929–1939. (12 words)
In her teenage years, she had enthusiastically studied ballet with a Russian emigre. (13 words)
There is an increasingly strong presence of both temporary and permanent emigre Cypriot writers in world literature, as well as writings by second and third -generation Cypriot writers born or raised abroad, often writing in English. (36 words)
Around this time Bayrock Group LLC entered Trump's world courtesy of Tamir Sapir, the Russian emigre who knew Trump from his Brighton Beach days and by now had become a billionaire. (32 words)
Instead, Andrew Hallidie, a Scottish emigre, gave San Francisco the first effective and commercially successful route, using steel cables. (19 words)
Example sentences (7)
Even as a teenager, Idada already conceived life as an emigre.
Around this time Bayrock Group LLC entered Trump's world courtesy of Tamir Sapir, the Russian emigre who knew Trump from his Brighton Beach days and by now had become a billionaire.
In her teenage years, she had enthusiastically studied ballet with a Russian emigre.
City of Darkness, City of Light: Emigre Filmmakers in Paris, 1929–1939.
Following the Russian Revolution there was a large Russian emigre community in Paris.
Instead, Andrew Hallidie, a Scottish emigre, gave San Francisco the first effective and commercially successful route, using steel cables.
There is an increasingly strong presence of both temporary and permanent emigre Cypriot writers in world literature, as well as writings by second and third -generation Cypriot writers born or raised abroad, often writing in English.
Common combinations with emigre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: