Meaning Of The Word Nouveau riche

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nouveau riche
adjective: Nouveau-riche means belonging or relating to the nouveaux riches.
plural noun: The nouveaux riches are people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar.

nouveau riche in American English
a person who has only recently become rich
noun: a person who is newly rich

nouveau riche in British English
adjective: of or characteristic of the nouveaux riches
noun: a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces

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