remittance woman
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman paid a remittance to live abroad, especially because considered undesirable at home.
Example Sentences
- "Here, in the western solitude, lived for several years—the veriest remittance woman—the girl who should now, by the right of love and honor, be the Princess of Wales; and whose infant daughter should have been the heir to the throne."
- "‘I see her, some years hence, a remittance woman, paid to live abroad, in such an hotel, in various Hotels du Lac, her beautiful face grown gaunt and scornful, her dog permanently under her arm.’"