expatriate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expatriate

▶noun /ɪksˈpatrɪət, -ˈpeɪtrɪət, ɛks-/ a person who lives outside their native country. ▶adjective living outside one's native country. ▶verb /ɪksˈpatrɪeɪt, -ˈpeɪtrɪeɪt, ɛks-/ settle abroad.

– derivatives
expatriation noun.

– origin C18 (as v.): from med. L. expatriat-, expatriare, from L. ex- ‘out’ + patria ‘native country’.

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