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landed immigrant

n. (context Canada dated English) A person who is not a citizen of Canada but who has been legally admitted to Canada as a permanent resident.

Usage examples of "landed immigrant".

Getting somebody Landed in those days was easy, old hat: simply arrange a bogus marriage to a citizen or Landed Immigrant.

Any human who can lay claim to Negro blood is eligible to become an Equitan citizen, and any non-Caucasian may become a Landed Immigrant.

Maybe he's a Canadian citizen, maybe he's a Landed Immigrant, maybe he's just a visitor come north to shear the fat stupid sheep of Niceland for a few weeks.