| 单词 | remittance man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasremittance man remittance man n. chiefly historical an emigrant who lives abroad (esp. in a former British colony) supported by remittances of money from relatives at home; spec. one considered undesirable at home; also in extended use; cf. remittancer n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant > other emigrants remittancer1750 redemptioner1771 remittance man1874 remittance farmer1894 landsman1901 1874 Diamond Field 28 Nov. in Corr. rel. to Colonies & States S. Afr.: Pt. 1 489 in Parl. Papers (1876) LII. 25 Some that will sink into what are called in the colonies ‘Remittance men’. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Feb. 11/1 He was what is called in the colonies a ‘remittance man’. 1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 185 Remittance men never do any good. 1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 21/1 Ramsay, an English Remittance man, imported Siberian sled dogs and raced them with surprising success. 1969 Listener 9 June 42/2 I'd arrived at the end of the line already: the proclaimed remittance man of an obsolete social system. 1975 ‘C. Aird’ Slight Mourning vii. 69 ‘Last heard of in the backwoods of Queensland.’.. ‘A remittance man, I'll be bound.’ 2005 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) 16 Bones is not a remittance man by any means. He earns an honest living as a Takaka bone carver. < as lemmas |
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