a person or animal that moves from one region, place, or country to another an itinerant agricultural worker who travels from one district to another
moving from one region, place, or country to another; migratory
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mi•grant /ˈmaɪgrənt/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- migrating:migrant workers.
n. [countable]
- a person or animal that migrates.
- Also called ˈmi•grant ˌwork•er. one who moves from place to place to get work.
mi•grant
(mī′grənt),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- migrating, esp. of people;
migratory.
n.
- a person or animal that migrates.
- Also called mi′grant work′er. a person who moves from place to place to get work, esp. a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
- Latin migrant- (stem of migrāns), present participle of migrāre. See migrate, -ant
- 1665–75
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'migrant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arkie
- Chavez
- Okie
- economic migrant
- emigrant
- fire ant
- illegal alien
- immigrant
- in-migrant
- nonimmigrant
- out-migrant
- transmigrant