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new-rich

new-rich adjective: having only recently become wealthy; nouveau riche.

Adjective

new-rich (not comparable)

  1. Having only recently become wealthy; nouveau riche.
    • For Haus Wachenfeld was only a modest country house, a big Bavarian chalet which today would be looked at askance by a new-rich shopkeeper.1968, Nerin E. Gun, Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress, page 111

Questions about new-rich

What does new-rich mean?
New-rich means having only recently become wealthy; nouveau riche.
What part of speech is new-rich?
New-rich is an adjective.

Words near new-rich in the dictionary

  1. new-mown
  2. new-name
  3. new-named
  4. new-names
  5. new-naming
  6. new-rich
  7. new-school
  8. new-wave
  9. new-wavish
  10. New-Wes-Valley
  11. New-York

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