Both Uses of
emigrate
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well.†
Chpt 5 *emigrated = left a country to live in another country
- Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in the centre by the ceaseless tread of drunken feet; and by the light of a flickering oil-lamp above the door I found the latch and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.†
Chpt 6emigrant = someone who leaves a country to live in another country
Definition:
leave a country to live in another country