immigrant

UK: /ˈɪmɪgrənt/ US: /ˈɪmɪgrənt/ ,(im′i grənt)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•mi•grant /ˈɪmɪgrənt/   n. [countable]

1. one who immigrates:
   laws against immigrants who tried to get work.

adj. [before a noun]

2. of or relating to immigrants and immigration:
   a department of immigrant affairs.

See -migr-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•mi•grant  (im′i grənt), n. 

1. a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
2. an organism found in a new habitat.

adj. 

3. of or pertaining to immigrants and immigration:
   a department for immigrant affairs.
4. immigrating.

• Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-¹, migrant
• 1780–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

immigrant / ˈɪmɪɡrənt/ noun

1. a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
   Compare emigrant
2. (as modifier): an immigrant community