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==English==

===Etymology===
{{blend|en|repeat|expat}}. Attributed to {{w|Alan Levy}}, an expatriate who edited ''The Prague Post'' from 1990 until his death in 2004.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-rex-pat.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090105165432/http://www.rexpatriateproductions.com/experts.html]:
#*: 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.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|rex-patriate}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeprtx|pre-tax|pretax}}