All 6 Uses

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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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But you wouldn't know all this if you went by the sound of his name-which I did, an immigrant's failing, literalism.†
Chpt 1.5

immigrant = a person who came to live in a new country
For the hundredth time, I cursed my immigrant origins.
Chpt 1.5 *

immigrant = person who came from another county to live
Her immigrant father with his thick mustache and accent and three-piece suit would only bring her more ridicule.†
Chpt 2.8

immigrant = a person who came to live in a new country
As the only immigrant in my class, I was put in a special seat in the first row by the window, apart from the other children so that Sister Zoe could tutor me without disturbing them.†
Chpt 2.9
The doctor has been granted a fellowship at a hospital in the United States, and he, Victor, has just heard the family's papers have received clearance from the head of Immigration.†
Chpt 3.11

immigration = the act of coming to live in a new country; or indication that something is related to that act
Tell you what, I'll talk to Immigration myself, and I'll have the doctor out of the country in forty-eight hours.†
Chpt 3.11

Definitions:

(1) (immigrate)
come to live in a new country
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, immigrate can mean that anything (such as an animal or plant) migrates into a new environment.