new-rich
Americanadjective
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newly or suddenly wealthy.
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characteristic of a newly or suddenly wealthy person.
a new-rich display of expensive jewelry.
noun
Etymology
Origin of new-rich
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The Shah's ambitious modernizing programs created a new-rich class in Iran; many of these people have left with their money.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there is no longer real poverty in Britain, the affluent society has been even kinder to the new-rich.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will cast the first income-tax cloud over many a new-rich war worker: an estimated 49,000,000 persons will have to pay it.
From Time Magazine Archive
While new-rich American collectors of the 19th century were turning almost exclusively to European art, Corcoran himself chose to concentrate on the new American painters.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the notable blackguards in fiction is Colonel Stapleton; and the Poodle and the new-rich Helbecksteins—a complete picture-gallery may be found in these interesting novels.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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