Word Study
transmigrant
CIDE DICTIONARY
transmigrant, a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate.].
Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transmigrant, adj. & n.
--adj. passing through, esp. a country on the way to another.
--n. a migrant or alien passing through a country etc.
--adj. passing through, esp. a country on the way to another.
--n. a migrant or alien passing through a country etc.
Etymology
L transmigrant-, part. stem of transmigrare (as TRANSMIGRATE)
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