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rex-pats

rex-pats is the plural of rex-pat.

Meaning of rex-pat

Noun

rex-pat (plural rex-pats)

  1. (US, informal) A repeat expatriate; one who becomes expatriated again.
    • A rex-pat is a returning expatriate, an ex-pat has been here, goes home to America, takes a job, maybe goes to law school, maybe does well in America but can't get Prague out of his or her blood and returns to Prague to live again.2004, Alan Levy, in the film Rex-patriates, and quoted by The Prague Post: What's a Rex-pathttps://web.archive.org/web/20090105165432/http://www.rexpatriateproductions.com/experts.html

Questions about rex-pats

What is rex-pats the plural of?
Rex-pats is the plural of rex-pat.

Words near rex-pats in the dictionary

  1. Rex Hunt
  2. Rex Hunts
  3. rex iustus
  4. rex sacrorum
  5. rex-pat
  6. rex-pats
  7. Rexburg
  8. rexed
  9. Rexed lamina
  10. Rexed laminae
  11. rexer

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