Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remittance man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
re-mit-tance -man
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unwanted or underachieving man, or occasionally a youngest son, sent by relatives to a distant land (often from Britain to a colony) and sent regular remittances of upkeep money, in order that he does not come back.

Inflected Forms

remittance men (plural)

Phrases

remittance woman

Frequently Paired Words

remittance woman

Questions

What does remittance man mean?
An unwanted or underachieving man, or occasionally a youngest son, sent by relatives to a distant land (often from Britain to a colony) and sent regular remittances of upkeep money, in order that he does not come back.

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