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MIGRATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does migrator mean? 

MIGRATOR (noun)
  The noun MIGRATOR has 2 senses:

1. traveler who moves from one region or country to anotherplay

2. an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the yearplay

  Familiarity information: MIGRATOR used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIGRATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Traveler who moves from one region or country to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

migrant; migrator

Hypernyms ("migrator" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "migrator"):

departer; goer; leaver (someone who leaves)

emigrant; emigre; emigree; outgoer (someone who leaves one country to settle in another)

evacuee (a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place)

immigrant (a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there)

rusher (someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory)

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

Derivation:

migrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("migrator" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Derivation:

migrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)


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