ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Arrivant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈɹaɪvənt/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Arrivant is a noun meaning A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

Meaning

A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

Example Sentences

The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy by Kamau Brathwaite (1973)
Altogether the new arrivant had the air of some desperate adventurer […]
[…] the beggars, looking up with the bright faces of arrivants, turned into our compound-front.
[He] finally gave up any hope that a bellhop would actually help an arrivant or somebody about to leave the hotel with their luggage.

Word Forms

Synonyms for arrivant

Depending on context, synonyms include arrival.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include griffin, inhabitant, local, inmigrant, resiant, out-of-towner.

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