expatriate

Etymology

From French expatrier, from ex- (“out of”) + patrie (“native land”)

Pronunciation

• Adjective and noun: IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹi.ɪt/
• Verb: IPA^(key): /ɛksˈpætɹɪˌeɪt/, /ɛksˈpeɪ.tɹiˌeɪt/
• Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

Adjective

expatriate (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
   • an expatriate mailing list

Noun

expatriate (plural expatriates)

1. One who lives outside their own country.
2. One who has been banished from their own country.

Verb

expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)

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