Repatriate

/ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored..

Definitions by Sense

1. A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
2. (transitive) To restore (a person) to their own country.
3. (transitive) To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
4. (transitive) To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

Example Sentences

Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.

A woman staying with us came down with cholera. This person had evacuated with her family from Haerbin, which was under Communist control, thinking that it would be easier to repatriate from Changchun than northern Haerbin.

Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.

France repatriated an Athenian frieze back to Greece.

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• repatriates
• repatriating
• repatriated

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