Noun: transmigrant tranz'mI-grunt
- A Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
"The transmigrant filled his truck with second-hand electronics to resell in his home country"
- A person who migrates from one place to another
"The transmigrants settled in their new homeland"
- A person who moves from one country or region to another, especially to settle there
"The transmigrants faced challenges adapting to their new home"
- Migrating or passing from one place or state to another
"Transmigrant workers often face challenges in new environments"
Derived forms: transmigrants
Type of: hawker, Latin American, Latino, peddler [N. Amer], pedlar [Brit, Cdn], pitchman [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Transmigrant