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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