Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

border jumper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: bor-der jumper
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undocumented immigrant

Derogatory; Offensive

noun

An undocumented immigrant

American usage; Derogatory; Offensive

Example Sentences

"Secretary of Labor Davis advocates registration as an effective way of outwitting the border jumper and the smuggled alien"
"A record total of 87,416 border jumpers was caught last month"
"By implementing such programs, the South African authorities did not just seek to make it difficult for migrants to cross the border through undesignated points but also sent the message that they treated every border jumper as an enemy of the state"
"She finally ends her rant with “You f***ing border jumper” as she pushes me back into my buggy."

Usage

Inflected Forms

border jumpers (plural)

Questions

What does border jumper mean?: An undocumented immigrant

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