- 1a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work migrant workers The country has a large seasonal migrant population, who work on the coffee and cotton plantations for part of the year. see economic migrant compare emigrant, immigrant
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- 2a bird or an animal that moves from one place to another according to the season
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