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ex-pat

ex-pat is the nonstandard spelling of expat.

Meaning of expat

Noun

expat (plural expats)

  1. An expatriate; a person temporarily residing in a foreign nation, often for an occupation, training, or education.

Forms of ex-pat

pluralex-pats

Questions about ex-pat

What is ex-pat the nonstandard spelling of?
Ex-pat is the nonstandard spelling of expat.

Words near ex-pat in the dictionary

  1. ex-minister
  2. ex-ministers
  3. ex-official
  4. ex-partner
  5. ex-partners
  6. ex-pat
  7. ex-pats
  8. ex-post
  9. ex-president
  10. ex-presidents
  11. ex-ray

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ex-pat (page history and authors); expat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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