An emigrant supported or assisted by payments of money from home.
〈主史〉侨居国外靠国内汇款资助的人
Example sentencesExamples
Within a little over three years he was to die - an exile and a remittance man.
A regular allowance from home kept some of these so-called remittance men from worrying about money, and whether of serious or wild disposition, most brought with them the condescension that characterized English class relations.
I was shipped off like a remittance man, because I was poorly behaved.
Definition of remittance man in US English:
remittance man
noun
historical
An emigrant supported or assisted by payments of money from home.
〈主史〉侨居国外靠国内汇款资助的人
Example sentencesExamples
I was shipped off like a remittance man, because I was poorly behaved.
Within a little over three years he was to die - an exile and a remittance man.
A regular allowance from home kept some of these so-called remittance men from worrying about money, and whether of serious or wild disposition, most brought with them the condescension that characterized English class relations.