expatriate
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Definition of expatriate
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Living outside of one's own country.
“an expatriate rebel force”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)Living outside of one's own country.
“an expatriate rebel force”
noun
- One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
- One who has been banished from one's own country.
verb
- (transitive)To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive)To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (intransitive)To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.
Words you can make from expatriate
199 playable · top: EXPATIATE (18 pts)
Best play expatiate 18 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
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11 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
48 words- EXPAT 14 pts
- AXITE 12 pts
- EXERT 12 pts
- EXTRA 12 pts
- RETAX 12 pts
- TAXER 12 pts
- APART 7 pts
- APTER 7 pts
- AREPA 7 pts
- ATRIP 7 pts
- ETAPE 7 pts
- PARAE 7 pts
- PATER 7 pts
- PEART 7 pts
- PEREA 7 pts
- PETER 7 pts
- PETIT 7 pts
- PETTI 7 pts
- PIETA 7 pts
- PITTA 7 pts
- PRATE 7 pts
- TAPER 7 pts
- TAPIR 7 pts
- TRAPT 7 pts
- TRIPE 7 pts
- AERIE 5 pts
- AREAE 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- ATRIA 5 pts
- ATTAR 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- RAITA 5 pts
- REATA 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- RIATA 5 pts
- TATAR 5 pts
- TATER 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
- TETRA 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TIARA 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TRAIT 5 pts
- TREAT 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
50 words- APEX 13 pts
- PREX 13 pts
- EXIT 11 pts
- TAXA 11 pts
- TAXI 11 pts
- TEXT 11 pts
- APER 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
- PAIR 6 pts
- PARA 6 pts
- PARE 6 pts
- PART 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAR 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- PRAT 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- RAPE 6 pts
- RAPT 6 pts
- REAP 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- TAPA 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TARP 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- TRAP 6 pts
- TRIP 6 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TART 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
49 words- PAX 12 pts
- PIX 12 pts
- AXE 10 pts
- RAX 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- TAX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
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