migrant, noun

Elliptical for migrant labourer (see migrant labour).
1963 Wilson & Mafeje Langa 47For a migrant in town by far the most important group is that of his abakhaya or home-boys.
1978 Randlords & Rotgut (Junction Ave Theatre Co.) in S. Gray Theatre Two (1981) 121The miners are still digging. The compounds are policed. The migrants still fulfill our needs.
1980 C. Hermer Diary of Maria Tholo 34The Administration Board operated beerhalls selling ‘jabulani’ or ‘bantu beer’ mainly to migrants.
1987 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) Mar. 10‘Stimela’ a rich song about the train which carries migrants to work in the South African mines.
Elliptical for migrant labourer (see migrant labour).
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