migrant

migrant
/muy"greuhnt/, adj.
1. migrating, esp. of people; migratory.
n.
2. a person or animal that migrates.
3. Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, esp. a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally.
[1665-75; < L migrant- (s. of migrans), prp. of migrare. See MIGRATE, -ANT]

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