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nouveau riche

adjective
 
 
/ˌnuː.vəʊˈriːʃ/ US  /-voʊ-/ disapproving

Definition

describes people from a low social class who have recently become very rich and like to show this publicly by spending a lot of moneyWealthiness and wealthy the nouveau riche
 
 
noun [plural]
The restaurant is popular with the city's nouveau riche.Wealthy people
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