English Dictionary

home child

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A person who was sent as a child from the United Kingdom to one of its colonies, under a migration scheme founded in 1869.

日本語の意味

（歴史的）1869年に設立された移住制度に基づいて、英国から植民地に送られた子供（または、植民地に送られた英国の子供）

The home child carried a faded photograph of the family he had left behind when he boarded the ship to Canada.

その英国から植民地へ送られた子どもは、カナダ行きの船に乗るときに置いてきた家族の色あせた写真を持っていた。

意味（1）

(historical) A person who was sent as a child from the United Kingdom to one of its colonies, under a migration scheme founded in 1869.

[…] orphanages sent tens of thousands of children to start new lives in the overseas dominions, particularly Australia and Canada. Some 100,000 children were sent to Canada alone, and about a quarter of all Canadians have a home child on their family tree.

home children （ plural ）