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expat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exile, expatriate |
| Type of | absentee |
| Has types | refugee, remittance man |
American expatriates.
Examples of expat
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Local politicians and the mostly expat lawyers, accountants and business owners.
From the guardian.co.uk
They lost their first ever game, to an expat side from Tanzania, by two wickets.
From the guardian.co.uk
About 300 of BSP's 3,000 employees are expat engineers and geologists from Shell.
From the businessweek.com
Legions of young expat tour guides are in a brutal battle for the tourist dollar.
From the kansas.com
If the Zambian kwacha crashes, an expat Zambian can buy his mother a cheap house.
From the economist.com
I'm an expat Irishman with savings in euros, should I move into gold or pounds?
From the dailymail.co.uk
This venture was created and is run by Susan Montana, an expat from New Mexico.
From the denverpost.com
The project has been overseen by expat Melissa Gilmour, formerly of Christchurch.
From the nzherald.co.nz
But what Realitytake says about feeling freer as an expat here is also correct.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Exile: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
- In computing, Expat is a stream-oriented XML 1.0 parser library, written in C. As one of the first available open-source XML parsers, Expat has found a place in many open-source projects. Such projects include the Apache HTTP Server, Mozilla, Perl, Python and PHP. ...
- (Expats) An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence. ...
- An expatriate; a person who lives outside his or her own country; The noun used attributively
- Someone living voluntarily away from their country of origin for a long period of time.
- Expatriate; normally refers to Caucasian residents of Hong Kong
- Short for expatriot - someone who lives in a country other than their own.
- (n.) Someone who is either wanted by someone, or not wanted by anyone back in their native country.
- Short for expatriate. An expatriate is any person living in a different country from where he or she is a citizen. The term is often used to refer to professionals sent abroad by their companies. (1.5, 2.5)
