Jay Gatsby

Jay Gatsby noun: an ambitious, upper-class and wealthy man.

Noun

Jay Gatsby (plural Jay Gatsbys)

An ambitious, upper-class and wealthy man.
- We had spent the few hours since his death investigating his wealth. He was a born accumulator, like the Jay Gatsby of northern Spain. He owned land in Álava, Viscaya, Cantabria, Guipúzcoa, and Burgos. He had vineyards in the Rioja Alavesa and Navarre. Although he was sixty-seven at the time of his...2021, Eva García Sáenz, translated by Nick Caistor, The Lords of Time, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 39
- Before I drifted off, I considered that with all my money, I surely could have bought a big house in town and filled it with party people nightly. I could have been the Jay Gatsby of Fondy.2012, Richard Curtis Hauschild, The Book of Roland, Dog Ear Publishing, page 133

He was a born accumulator, like the Jay Gatsby of northern Spain.2021, Eva García Sáenz, translated by Nick Caistor, The Lords of Time, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 39:
These aspirants are Jay Gatsbys in training, who regard an elite pedigree as their ticket to the new aristocracy.2009, David L. Kirp, Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education, Harvard University Press, page 12:

plural	Jay Gatsbys

From the character of the novel The Great Gatsby.

What does Jay Gatsby mean?: Jay Gatsby means an ambitious, upper-class and wealthy man.
How do you use Jay Gatsby in a sentence?: He was a born accumulator, like the Jay Gatsby of northern Spain.
What part of speech is Jay Gatsby?: Jay Gatsby is a noun.
What is the plural of Jay Gatsby?: The plural of Jay Gatsby is Jay Gatsbys.

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