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Meaning of arrivant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/əˈɹaɪvənt/

Definitions

A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

Examples

“The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy by Kamau Brathwaite (1973)”
“Altogether the new arrivant had the air of some desperate adventurer […]”
“[…] the beggars, looking up with the bright faces of arrivants, turned into our compound-front.”
“[He] finally gave up any hope that a bellhop would actually help an arrivant or somebody about to leave the hotel with their luggage.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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