ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt 
expatriated; expatriating
2
: to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country
: to leave one's native country to live elsewhere
also
: to renounce allegiance to one's native country
ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ət
-trē-ˌāt
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: living in a foreign land
ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ət
-trē-ˌāt
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: a person who lives in a foreign country
Hemingway himself in The Sun Also Rises, 1926, had given the picture of the dislocated life of young English and American expatriates in the bars of Paris, the "lost generation," as Gertrude Stein defined them.—
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Examples of expatriate in a Sentence
Verb
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
Noun
while in exile, the deposed king was accompanied by a small band of loyal expatriates
Recent Examples on the WebAlicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Turgenev was also one of the earliest Russian writers to be lionized by Westerners—not just by close friends like Flaubert but also by later figures (some of them expatriates themselves), such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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Verb
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Turgenev was also one of the earliest Russian writers to be lionized by Westerners—not just by close friends like Flaubert but also by later figures (some of them expatriates themselves), such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expatriate. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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expatriate
2 of 3 adjective
ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt
-trē-ət
: living in a foreign country
expatriate
3 of 3 noun
ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt,
-trē-ət
: a person living in a foreign country
especially
: one who has renounced his or her native country
Legal Definition
expatriate
verb
ex·pa·tri·ate
ek-ˈspā-trē-ˌāt
expatriated; expatriating
: to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country
: to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily
expatriate
noun
-trē-ət
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