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Popularized in the 1990s. From expatriate, replacing ex- by in-. By surface analysis, in- + patriate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters. Full definition →
Popularized in the 1990s. From expatriate, replacing ex- by in-. By surface analysis, in- + patriate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.