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Transient population

GCSE History · key term

Transient population

Definition

A population whose members stay in a place temporarily rather than settling there permanently, such as sailors passing through a port.

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Eduqas GCSE History · C100

Component 2

The port also brought a transient population: sailors arrived, spent time ashore and departed again. Drinking and prostitution were closely connected with this movement of people.
Revise: Policing in Liverpool, 1787 to 1900

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