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new immigrants

new immigrants is the plural of new immigrant.

Meaning of new immigrant

Noun

new immigrant (plural new immigrants)

  1. A person that immigrated to Taiwan after 1987, during and after the end of the martial law era; mainly used for Mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian women who migrate to Taiwan for marriage.
    • Personally, I prefer to call myself a “new immigrant” in Mandarin (新住民), but it is a bit strange for Taiwanese when I call myself that because the term is mostly associated with foreign brides from Southeast Asia. […] I love my adopted home and am proud of counting myself among its new immigrant...2020 November 3, P. Kerim Friedman, “What Kind of Country Does Taiwan Want To Be? Who’s Taiwanese?”, in The News Lens, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025

Questions about new immigrants

What is new immigrants the plural of?
New immigrants is the plural of new immigrant.

Words near new immigrants in the dictionary

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  4. New Iberia
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  6. new immigrants
  7. New Imperialism
  8. New Indo-Aryan
  9. New Inn
  10. New Ionian
  11. New Ionic

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