#460 expatriate

expatriate- resident in a foreign country; exiled or banished from one's native country; an exile

- C18 from Medieval Latin expatriare from Latin ex+patria native land

The word expatriate comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (fatherland) and many countries include a legal definition for the term.

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