different between transmigratory vs transmigrant

English

Adjective

transmigratory (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as a soul from one body to another.
   • 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men, "Chapter 4 - Swedenborg; or, the Mystic":

     I think of him as of some transmigratory votary of Indian legend, who says, "Though I be dog, or jackal, or pismire, in the last rudiments of nature, under what integument or ferocity, I cleave to right, as the sure ladder that leads up to man and to God."

   • 1866, B. W. Ball, "A Ramble through the Market," The Atlantic, 1 March (retrieved 30 Sep 2010):

     To the Brahmin, the lower animal kingdom is a vast masquerade of transmigratory souls.
2. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transmigration, as between places.
   • 1998, Geraldine Albela "Two-phase tourism promotion in Perak," New Straits Times, 14 Oct., p. 16 (retrieved 30 Sep 2010):

     [T]he Kuala Gula Bird Sanctuary offers a hideaway to see some of the transmigratory birds that regular flock to the area.

   • 2008, R. Balakrishnan et al., "Trends in Overweight and Obesity Among 5 - 7-year-old White and South Asian Children Born Between 1991 and 1999," Journal of Public Health, vol. 30, no. 2:

     Changes in the diet of a South Asian transmigratory population may be associated with an increase in incidence of childhood diabetes.

Related terms

• transmigrable
• transmigrant
• transmigrate
• transmigration
• transmigrator

English

Noun

transmigrant (plural transmigrants)

1. someone who transmigrates
2. someone in transit through a country on the way to a final destination

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t??nz.mi???ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t??nz.mi???an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?anz.mi???ant/

Verb

transmigrant

1. present participle of transmigrar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

transmigrant m (plural transmigranten, diminutive transmigrantje n, feminine transmigrante)

1. a (male) transmigrant

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French

Verb

transmigrant

1. present participle of transmigrer

Latin

Verb

tr?nsmigrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of tr?nsmigr?