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yacht people

yacht people is the plural of yacht person.

Meaning of yacht person

Noun

yacht person (plural yacht people)

  1. (historical, in plural) A wealthy émigré from Hong Kong who fled the handover of the colony back to China in 1997, taking their wealth with them to settle elsewhere in the Anglosphere and establish close-knit expatriate communities.
    • As the 1997 deadline approaches, it is expected that more money and immigrants from Hong Kong, particularly "yacht people" (wealthy refugees), will enter Canada, and more New Chinatowns will emerge.2011, David Chuenyan Lai, Chinatowns: Towns within Cities in Canada, page 284

Questions about yacht people

What is yacht people the plural of?
Yacht people is the plural of yacht person.

Words near yacht people in the dictionary

  1. Yachimata
  2. Yachiyo
  3. yacht
  4. yacht club
  5. yacht clubs
  6. yacht people
  7. yacht person
  8. yacht rock
  9. yachtboard
  10. yachtdom
  11. yachted

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