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   ex·pa·tri·ate

   noun

   • 1. a person who lives outside their native country: "American expatriates in London"
   • ▪ a person exiled from their native country.

   adjective

   • 1. denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country: "expatriate writers and artists"
   • ▪ expelled from one's native country.

   verb

   • 1. settle oneself abroad: "candidates should be willing to expatriate" Similar settle abroadlive abroadrelocate abroad

   Word Origin mid 18th century (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- ‘gone out from one's country’, from the verb expatriare, from ex- ‘out’ + patria ‘native country’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expatriation noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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