inpatriate

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noun

An employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters.

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Meanings

nouninpatriate (plural inpatriates)

plural inpatriates

  1. businessAn employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters.
adjectiveinpatriate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to people who are inpatriates, or to inpatriation.

Origin

Popularized in the 1990s. From expatriate, replacing ex- by in-. By surface analysis, in- + patriate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

antipirate
Cite this entry
APA

inpatriate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpatriate

MLA

“inpatriate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpatriate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inpatriate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inpatriate.

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