Definition of expatriate Expatriate

/ɛkspejˈtɹiejˌt/ - [ekspeytreeeyt] - ex•pat•ri•ate

We found 15 definitions of expatriate from 6 different sources.

What does expatriate mean?

Verb expatriates, expatriating, expatriated
expatriate - expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
		deport, exile
		repatriate admit back into the country
		kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
expatriate - move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
		emigrate leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"

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expatriate (Noun)
One who lives outside one’s own country.
expatriate (Noun)
One who has been banished from one’s own country.
expatriate (Verb)
To banish; to drive or force a person from his own country; to make an exile of.
expatriate (Verb)
To withdraw from one’s native country.
expatriate (Verb)
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
expatriate (Adjective)
Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.

expatriate (v. t.)
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
expatriate (v. t.)
Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.

expatriate
eks-pā′tri-āt, v.t. to send out of one's native country: to banish, or exile.—n. Expatriā′tion, act of expatriating: exile, voluntary or compulsory. [Low L. expatriāre, -ātum—ex, out of, patria, fatherland.]

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expatriate, verb, present, 1st person singular of expatriate (infinitive).
expatriate, verb (infinitive).
expatriate, noun, singular of expatriates.