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Emigre   Listen
noun
emigre  n.  
1.
One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
2.
Hence: Any emigrant, especially one who had fled his/her native land due to political conditions.





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"Emigre" Quotes from Famous Books



... named him Royal Agent on the Lower Rhine. The Revolution ruined him, and he was obliged in 1796 to close his factory. He abandoned France at this period, and the Government, considering him as an "Emigre," seized all his effects in 1793, including the furniture made at Neuwied, then in his stores. He died at Wiesbaden in 1807. With him these incomplete historical notes may terminate. Many of the names mentioned are but names, while in many cases names and works ...
— Intarsia and Marquetry • F. Hamilton Jackson


Words linked to "Emigre" :   emigrant, migrant, outgoer, migrator, emigree


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