adj. Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
n. A person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle in the new country.
n. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Immigrating; having immigrated.
n. One who or that which immigrates, as a person, an animal, or a plant; specifically, a person who migrates into a country for the purpose of permanent residence: correlative to emigrant, as strictly used.
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n. a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
Word Usage
"It is important of course to note that the term immigrant at that time was racially defined so that While people were not immigrants but were either settlers or foreigners."