immigrant
n. countablen. a person who moves to a new country to live there permanently. You use this word for someone who has left their home country to start a new life elsewhere.
n. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Often used in legal and sociological contexts to distinguish between those arriving and those departing.
My grandfather was an immigrant who moved here for work.
The city has a diverse population because many immigrants settled here during the last century.
The government is currently debating new policies to support immigrants as they integrate into the local workforce and education system.
From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).
Commonly followed by the preposition 'to' when specifying the destination country.
He is an emigrant to Canada.He is an immigrant to Canada.Use 'immigrant' for someone coming into a country and 'emigrant' for someone leaving their own country.