expatriate
pronunciation
How to pronounce expatriate in British English:
UK [ˌeksˈpætriət]
How to pronounce expatriate in American English:
US [ˌeksˈpeɪtriət]
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- Noun:
- voluntarily absent from home or country
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- Verb:
- expel from a country
- move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
Word Origin
- expatriate (v.)
- 1768, modeled on French expatrier "banish" (14c.), from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + patrie "native land," from Latin patria "one's native country," from pater (genitive patris) "father" (see father (n.); also compare patriot). Related: Expatriated; expatriating. The noun is by 1818, "one who has been banished;" main modern sense of "one who chooses to live abroad" is by 1902.
Example
- 1. Companies are pulling out expatriate staff .
- 2. Private tour groups and corporations began trying to evacuate their clients and expatriate employees .
- 3. I am a senior expatriate manager in a privately held asian company .
- 4. Normal is new for shanghai 's fluid population of perhaps 2000 expatriate jews .
- 5. Several luxury hotels and malls have been closed for weeks . Companies are pulling out expatriate staff .