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EXPATRIATES
Noun
expatriates
plural of expatriate
Source: Wiktionary
EXPATRIATE
Ex*pa"tri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expatriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expatriating.] Etym: [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr. pater father. See Patriot.]
1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.
2. Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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