expatriate

/ɪkˈspætriət/ /ˌekˈspat/

/ɪkˈspeɪtriət/ noun [C] (abbreviation expat)

Definition

› someone who does not live in their own country: A large community of expatriates has settled there.

(Definition of expatriate noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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