Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The French term émigré literally refers to a person who has "migrated out", but it often carries a connotation of politico-social self-exile. In historical contexts, the word may particularly refer to: a French refugee, often aristocratic, from the Revolution of 1789 and its aftermath a White Russian, fled from the Bolshevik revolution after 1917. Whereas emigrants have likely chosen to leave one place and to become immigrants in a different clime, not usually expecting to return, émigrés see exile as a temporary expedient forced on them by political circumstances. Émigré circles often arouse suspicion as breeding-grounds for plots and counter-revolution. Compare refugee, deportee, emigration This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.