Meaning of relocant | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who has relocated; an emigre.

uncommon

Examples

“But Indrapramit was a relocant: all his family was in a village somewhere up near Mumbai. He had no people here, and so Ferron felt it was her responsibility as his partner to look⟳ out for him. At least, that was what she told herself.”

“[…] while other blogs and media are created by the so-called "relocants" (those who left Russia where they were not able to work⟳ as journalists any more due to their precarious status). These communication channels are especially popular in the diaspora where it is easier to access them[…]”

“[…] and some 'relocants' have⟳ already moved back or to another country while others also frequently relocate back and forth between their country of origin, Georgia / Turkey, and perhaps even other countries (Kostenko et al., 2023).”

“A minority of Russian relocants were former citizens of Kazakhstan or had some ties to Kazakhstan , such as extended family or parents who used to live⟳ in Kazakhstan before 1991 or 1995 when mass out-migration of Kazakhstani Russians took place⟳[…]”

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