Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Expatriate has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
"American expatriates"
One who lives outside their own country.
"After living as an expatriate in Tokyo for five years, she finally decided to move back home."
expel from a country
"The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
"After working in London for five years, she decided to become an expatriate by returning to her hometown."
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
"The dictator ordered every journalist who criticized him to be expelled as an expatriate, leaving them without homes in their native land."
Living outside of one's own country.
"After living in Tokyo for five years, she finally decided to return home from her life as an expatriate."