expatriate:
(also in short: ‘expat‘; plural: ‘expatriates‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘e’ rhymes with the letter ‘e’ in “pet” and the letter ‘x’ rhymes with the letter ‘k’ in “kick”)
a family of expatriates making their new home
a person living and working in a foreign country (in a country other than his own country);
a person who leaves his/her own country in order to live in a foreign country, either on his/her own choice or by force, but not a tourist;
an exile,
a white expatriate working with locals in Nigeria
I lived and worked as an expatriate in Ethiopia for more than a decade and I’m glad I had that wonderful experience of living in a country that boasts of thirteen months of sunshine!
Though these names ‘exile’, ‘refugee’, ‘immigrant’ and ‘expatriate’ basically give out the same meaning, there are some subtle differences in using them, with ‘expatriate’ enjoying the best reputation of them all.
In some countries expatriates enjoy special privileges but in some other countries, expatriates face ill-treatment from the locals.
Studies have shown that people from a country or region going to foreign lands to live and work there is not a new phenomenon — people have been moving around the world since dark ages, which may be one of the major reasons why there are long-standing ethnic conflicts in some parts of the present world.
