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new nouveau riches

new nouveau riches is the plural of new nouveau riche.

Meaning of new 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

Questions about new nouveau riches

What is new nouveau riches the plural of?
New nouveau riches is the plural of new nouveau riche.

Words near new nouveau riches in the dictionary

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

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