transmigrant

[ trans-mahy-gruh nt, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmaɪ grənt, trænz- /
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noun

a person or thing that transmigrates.
a person passing through a country or place on the way to another place in which he or she intends to settle.

adjective

passing from one place or state to another.

Origin of transmigrant

1665–75; < Latin trānsmigrant- (stem of trānsmigrāns), present participle of trānsmigrāre to depart, migrate. See trans-, migrant

Words nearby transmigrant

transmarine, transmasculine, transmembrane, transmethylase, transmethylation, transmigrant, transmigrate, transmigration, transmisogyny, transmissible, transmissible encephalopathy

Words related to transmigrant

alien, colonist, exile, expatriate, fugitive, immigrant, migrant, outcast, pilgrim, refugee, traveler, wanderer, wayfarer, evacuee

Example sentences from the Web for transmigrant

  • She was as the transmigrant soul of some domestic pig, faintly aware of a nobler status in some previous existence.

    The House by the River |A. P. Herbert

British Dictionary definitions for transmigrant

transmigrant
/ (trænzˈmaɪɡrənt, ˈtrænzmɪɡrənt) /

noun

an emigrant on the way to the country of immigration

adjective

passing through from one place or stage to another