18 December 2017
émigré
[em-i-grey; French ey-mee-grey]
noun, plural émigrés [em-i-greyz; French ey-mee-grey]
1. an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
2. a person who fled from France because of opposition to or fear of the revolution that began in 1789.
Origin of émigré
Latin
1785-1795; < French: noun use of past participle of émigrer < Latin ēmīgrāre to emigrate
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Historical Examples
A future king of France, while an emigre, had been to Louisiana.
The Crossing
Winston Churchill
I thought I was saving an emigre, but I love you better as a Republican.
The Chouans
Honore de Balzac
The old captain was an emigre, and had returned undecided what he would do.
The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete
Constant
You do not understand how delicate the position of an emigre is towards those who are now in possession of his property.
An Historical Mystery
Honore de Balzac
Were you aware that sometime in the fall of 1963, that a lady was residing with Mrs. Paine who was a Russian emigre ?
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And was that a social circle of Russian emigre, a certain set of Russian emigre ?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
That’s correct, because being of the same nationality, I thought he was hurting all of our emigre here in Dallas.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Now, among the Russian emigre group in Dallas, did you ever know of anybody that you even thought might be a Communist?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I had my suspicions, having just come from an emigre party where the Marquise was hating and praising him as usual.
Rewards and Fairies
Rudyard Kipling
I wanted to know more about Monsieur Peringuey, and the emigre party was the very place to find out.
Rewards and Fairies
Rudyard Kipling
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Today’s quote
I call architecture frozen music.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
On this day
18 December 1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
18 December 1878 – birth of Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union, died from suspected poisoning 5 March 1953.
18 December 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
18 December 1942 – U.S. B24 Liberator bomber crashes into Mt Straloch on Hinchinbrook Island, North Queensland. All 29 persons on board were killed. Because of the rugged terrain and monsoonal ‘wet’ season, the bodies were not recovered for some months. The plane had flown from Amberley air base, near Brisbane, to Garbutt air base in Townsville to pick up passengers. The plane crashed during a violent storm, shortly after departure from Garbutt. It was on its way to Iron Range air base, near Lockhardt River, North Queensland.
18 December 1943 – birth of Keith Richards, English guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the classic rock band, The Rolling Stones.
18 December 1963 – birth of Brad Pitt, American actor.