What is "transmigrant"

Transmigrant \Trans"mi*grant\, a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate.] Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. -- n. One who transmigrates.

n. 1 someone who transmigrates 2 someone in transit through a country on the way to a final destination

Transmigrant is a term, greatly developed by the work of Nina Glick Schiller, which is used to describe mobile subjects that create and sustain multiple social relations that link together their societies of origin and residence. These mobile subjects are now viewed as transnational migrants or transmigrants to distinguish them from migrants and immigrants.