Emigration

Emigration
Emigration Em`i*gra"tion, n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. ['e]migration.] 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western. [1913 Webster]

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration. [1913 Webster]


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  • emigration — [em΄i grā′shən] n. [LL emigratio] 1. the act of emigrating 2. emigrants collectively …   English World dictionary

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