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expatriate

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/ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/ English

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noun

  1. One who lives outside their own country.

verb

  1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  2. To withdraw from one’s native country.
  3. To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

adjective

  1. Living outside of one's own country.“an expatriate rebel force”

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