emigre

['emigrei]
  • n. 流亡者;移居者(尤指因政治因素而移居外国者)

中文词源


emigre 流亡者

e-, 向外。-migr, 迁徙,移动,词源同move, migrate.此处用于政治术语,指流亡者。

英文词源


emigre (n.)
1792, from French émigré "an emigrant," noun use of past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare "depart from a place" (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the Russian Revolution, then generally to political exiles.
ÉMIGRÉS Earned their livelihood by giving guitar lessons and mixing salads.
[Flaubert, "Dictionary of Received Ideas"]

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