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expatriate

expatriate: listen to British English pronunciationexpatriate: listen to British English pronunciationexpatriate: listen to American pronunciation /ɪkˈspætriət/ /ˌekˈspat/ US  /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)

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