expatriate
/ɪkˈspætriət/
/ɪkˈspeɪtriət/ adjective [before noun] (abbreviation expat)Definition
› relating to people who do not live in their own country: The company has eight expatriate staff working around the world. an expatriate community/resident/worker
(Definition of expatriate adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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