diasporic

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Definitions of diasporic word

adjective diasporic of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora 3
noun diasporic (usually initial capital letter) the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. 1
noun diasporic (often initial capital letter) the body of Jews living in countries outside Israel. 1
noun diasporic (often initial capital letter) such countries collectively: the return of the Jews from the Diaspora. 1
noun diasporic any group migration or flight from a country or region. Synonyms: dispersion, dissemination, migration, displacement, scattering. Antonyms: return. 1
noun diasporic any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. 1

before 1875

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First recorded in 1875-80, diaspora is from the Greek word diasporá a dispersion. See dia-, spore

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