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new nouveau riche

new nouveau riche noun: individuals who have emerged more recently into wealth compared to the traditional nouveau riche.

Noun

new nouveau riche (usually uncountable, plural new nouveau riches)

  1. (derogatory, uncommon, usually) Individuals who have emerged more recently into wealth compared to the traditional nouveau riche.
    • The teen-age girl is the last of the big spenders; she's the new nouveau riche.1967, Manuel Rosenberg (editor), Markets of America, Volume 31, page 12
    • It gave rise to a new nouveau riche, apparently consisting of middlemen, commission agents, and comprador merchants who thrived on imported goods.1986, Hamied Ansari, Egypt, The Stalled Society, page 183

Forms of new nouveau riche

pluralnew nouveau riches

Questions about new nouveau riche

What does new nouveau riche mean?
New nouveau riche means individuals who have emerged more recently into wealth compared to the traditional nouveau riche.
What part of speech is new nouveau riche?
New nouveau riche is a noun.
What is the plural of new nouveau riche?
The plural of new nouveau riche is new nouveau riches.

Words near new nouveau riche in the dictionary

  1. new normal
  2. new normals
  3. New Norse
  4. New Norway
  5. New Norwegian
  6. new nouveau riche
  7. new nouveau riches
  8. New Objectivity
  9. new old stock
  10. new old stocks
  11. New Oraibi

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