noun / adjective
migrant
MY-grunt/ˈmaɪɡrənt/
A person or animal moving between regions, often seasonally or for work.
A migrant worker arrives at the orchard carrying a travel bag.
Etymology
The pieces describe someone or something moving from place to place. An adjective meaning “changing place” became a noun for a person who makes such moves.
In context
Our beloved family of migrant workers, mostly undocumented, who board buses just to work the farms, and return across a fictitious border to a land that is also theirs of their ancestors.
More examples
- The migrant found temporary work in another city.
- The shelter offered migrants a place to rest.
- A migrant family moved north when the season ended.
Forms
migrant · migrants
migration noun — movement from one place or region to another
Similar words
- immigrant
- An immigrant enters another country to settle; a migrant may move within a country or temporarily.
- refugee
- A refugee flees danger or persecution; migrant does not specify the reason for moving.