Definitions for: Expatriate


[n] voluntarily absent from home or country
[v] move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
[v] expel from a country



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*pa"tri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expatriated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Expatriating.] [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of
expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr.
pater father. See Patriot.]
1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own
country; to make an exile of.

The expatriated landed interest of France. --Burke.

2. Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from
one's native country; to renounce the rights and
liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a
citizen of another country.

Synonyms: deport, exile, exile

Antonyms: repatriate

See Also: absentee, emigrate, expel, kick out, refugee, remittance man, throw out

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