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English
Etymology
Blend of repeat + expat. Attributed to Alan Levy, an expatriate who edited The Prague Post from 1990 until his death in 2004.
Pronunciation
Noun
rex-pat (plural rex-pats)
- (US, informal) A repeat expatriate; one who becomes expatriated again.
- 2004, Alan Levy, in the film Rex-patriates, and quoted by The Prague Post: What's a Rex-pat:
- A rex-pat is a returning expatriate, an ex-pat has been here, goes home to America, takes a job, maybe goes to law school, maybe does well in America but can't get Prague out of his or her blood and returns to Prague to live again.
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