Usually means: Recipient of funds for subsistence.
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  1. remittance man: Merriam-Webster
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  10. Remittance Man (horse), Remittance Man, Remittance man, The Remittance Man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (remittance man)

noun:  (historical) 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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