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trans•mi•grant
(trans mī′grənt, tranz-),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- a person or thing that transmigrates.
- a person passing through a country or place on the way to another place in which he or she intends to settle.
adj.
- passing from one place or state to another.
- Latin trānsmigrant- (stem of trānsmigrāns), present participle of trānsmigrāre to depart, migrate. See trans-, migrant
- 1665–75