Em"i*grant (?), a. [L. emigrans,
-antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F.
émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
1. Removing from one country to another;
emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for
emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
Em"i*grant, n. One who emigrates,
or quits one country or region to settle in another.
Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant
and emigration have reference to the country from which
the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and
immigration have reference to the country into which
the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a
country, the latter the coming into it.
