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expatriate

/ˌeksˈpætrɪət/

B1CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister

General noun

A person who lives outside their native country.

The café was a haunt for expatriates trading gossip and stale news from home.

Similar: émigré, expat, emigrant

Origin: From Latin ex- 'out of' + patria 'native country'.

Topic: exile in General English

Business noun

An employee posted to work in a country other than their own, usually on an international assignment.

The expatriate package covers housing, schooling, and an annual flight home.

Similar: expat

Topic: Human resources in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More general words: exile