Expatriate

Expatriate French voters queue in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the first round of the presidential election of 2007.

An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their country of citizenship.[1]

The term often refers to a professional, skilled worker, or student from an affluent country.[2] However, it may also refer to retirees, artists and other individuals who have chosen to live outside their native country.[citation needed]

The International Organization for Migration of the United Nations defines the term as 'a person who voluntarily renounces his or her nationality'.[3] Historically, it also referred to exiles.[4]

  1. ^ "expatriate | Definition of expatriate in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ Castree, Noel; Rob Kitchen; Alisdair Rogers (25 April 2013). A Dictionary of Human Geography (1 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199599868.
  3. ^ "International Migration Law No. 34 - Glossary on Migration". International Organization for Migration: 67–68. 19 June 2019. ISSN 1813-2278.
  4. ^ "Definition of expatriate in English". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.