Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immigrant \Im"mi*grant\, n. [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare
to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate.]
One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the
purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
Syn: See Emigrant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
immigrant
n 1: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in
order to settle there
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
IMMIGRANT, n. An unenlightened person who thinks one country better
than another.