מְהַגֵּר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. A (male) immigrant: a (male) person who is immigrating or who has immigrated to a place.
Pronunciation
m'hagér
Examples13
תּוֹם הוּא מְהַגֵּר חָדָשׁ מֵאוֹסְטְרַלְיָה.
Tom is a recent immigrant from Australia.
טום הוּא מְהַגֵּר בִּלְתִּי חֻקִּי.
Tom is an illegal immigrant.
הֵם היו מְהַגְּרִים.
They were immigrants.
הַמְּהַגְּרִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים בתולדות אָמֶרִיקָה הגיעו מֵאַנְגְּלִיָּה וּמֵהוֹלַנְד.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.
הַמְּהַגְּרִים ידעו סָבַל גּוּפָנִי וְגַם נַפְשִׁי.
The refugees suffered physically and emotionally.
ארה"ב נודעת כ"כור היתוך" בִּגְלַל שֶׁרֹב אֶזְרָחֶיהָ מוצאם מִמְּהַגְּרִים.
The United States has long been known as a "melting pot" because most of its people are descended from immigrants.