What does remittance man mean?

remittance man means "an exile living on money sent from home".

Is remittance man a common word?

remittance man is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

remittance man — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an exile living on money sent from home
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What does remittance man mean?: remittance man means "an exile living on money sent from home".
Is remittance man a common word?: remittance man is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for remittance man come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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