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Meaning of 'expatriate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expatriate [ v. t.]
- To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- 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.

Meaning of 'expatriate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expatriate [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
Example in sentence:
  • American expatriates
2 . expatriate [ v]
Meaning (2):
- expel from a country
Example in sentence:
  • The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions

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