transmigrant

trans·mi·grant

(trăns-mī′grənt, trănz-)

1. One that transmigrates.

2. One in transit through a country on the way to the country in which one intends to settle.

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transmigrant

(trænzˈmaɪɡrənt; ˈtrænzmɪɡrənt)

an emigrant on the way to the country of immigration

adj

passing through from one place or stage to another

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trans•mi•grant

(trænsˈmaɪ grənt, trænz-)

n.

1. a person passing through a country or place on the way to the place in which he or she intends to settle.

adj.

2. passing from one place or state to another.

[1665–75; < Latin trānsmigrant-, s. of trānsmigrāns, present participle of trānsmigrāre to depart, migrate. See trans-, migrant]

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