B2nounsocietypolitics
US/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/
UK/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/
a person who moves to another place or country, usually to find work or a better life
In context
Many migrants leave their villages to look for jobs in the city.
The farm employs migrant workers during the harvest season.
Thousands of migrants crossed the sea in small boats last summer.
Words that go with migrant
noun + noun
- migrant workerMigrant workers send money home to their families.
- migrant communityThe city has a large migrant community.
- migrant laborThe industry depends on cheap migrant labor.
- migrant populationThe migrant population of the city has doubled in ten years.
adjective + noun
- economic migrantHe was treated as an economic migrant, not a refugee.
- illegal migrantThe law targets illegal migrants and the people who hire them.