move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country
An expatriate is someone who is living in a country which is not their own. British expatriates in Spain. Expatriate is also an adjective. The French military is preparing to evacuate women and children of expatriate families. someone who lives in a foreign country (past participle of expatriare, from patria )
Someone who has left his or her home country to live and work in another country When we visit another country, we call ourselves expatriates or expats for short Sometimes Christians can be considered expatriates everywhere in the world, because our true home is in Jesus, so we are strangers in the world