expatriate
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.someone who lives in a country that is not their own, usually for work or study.
n.a person residing in a country other than their native one, typically for professional or educational purposes.
Simple“The city has a large community of expatriates who work for international companies.”
In context“The local government introduced new tax incentives to attract skilled expatriates to the burgeoning technology sector.”
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.describes someone who is living in a foreign country.
adj.residing in a foreign country; not comparable.
Simple“She enjoys the expatriate lifestyle and the chance to travel to nearby countries.”
In context“The expatriate population often gathers at specific social clubs to maintain a sense of cultural connection to their home countries.”
- 03 C1 Advanced
v.to leave your own country to live in another, or to be forced to leave by the government.
v.to withdraw from one's native country or to banish a person from their own country.
Simple“He decided to expatriate himself after finding a better job in Singapore.”
In context“The revolutionary leaders were expatriated by the new regime and forced to seek asylum in neighbouring states.”
UsageThe transitive use meaning 'to banish' is less common in modern speech than the reflexive 'to expatriate oneself'.
“A country cannot allow expatriates in for jobs locals have expertise in,” he said.”
The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.