Meaning of the word émigré in English

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émigré

US /ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/
UK /ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪ/
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Noun

1.

a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons.

Example:
Many Russian émigrés settled in Paris after the revolution.
The artist was an émigré from Eastern Europe.
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