migradollar

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noun

A dollar sent home by a foreign migrant worker, especially to Mexico.

OriginEnglish dollar ← Dutch daler ← Middle Low German dāler →
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Meanings

nounmigradollar (plural migradollars)

plural migradollars

  1. USeconomicsA dollar sent home by a foreign migrant worker, especially to Mexico.

Origin

  1. Frenchmigrant
  2. Englishmigrant
  3. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  5. Old High Germantal
  6. Middle High Germantal
  7. GermanTal
  8. GermanTaler
  9. Middle Low Germandāler
  10. Dutchdaler
  11. Englishdollar
  12. Englishmigradollar

Blend of migrant + dollar.

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APA

migradollar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migradollar

MLA

“migradollar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migradollar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “migradollar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/migradollar.

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