émigré

[ em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey ]

/ ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪ; French eɪ miˈgreɪ /

an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.

a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.

Origin of émigré

1785–95; < French: noun use of past participle of émigrer < Latin ēmīgrāre to emigrate

I thought I was saving an emigre, but I love you better as a Republican.

The Chouans |Honore de Balzac
He only came back to Paris in 1795, having thus become an emigre.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre?

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Were you aware that sometime in the fall of 1963, that a lady was residing with Mrs. Paine who was a Russian emigre?

Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

No one has dared buy the old barrack because it belonged to an emigre who was thought to be harsh.

The Chouans |Honore de Balzac

émigré

/ (ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪ, French emiɡre) /

an emigrant, esp one forced to leave his native country for political reasons

C18: from French, from émigrer to emigrate