| NOUN | person | expat, exile, expatriate | a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country |
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| Meaning | A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country. | |
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| Example | "American expatriates" | |
| Synonyms | exile, expatriate | |
| Narrower | refugee | An exile who flees for safety |
| remittance man | An exile living on money sent from home / home | |
| Broader | absentee | One that is absent or not in residence |
| Spanish | exiliado, expatriado | |
| Catalan | exiliat, expatriat | |
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