nouveau riche
noun
a person who is newly rich.
nouveaux riches
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pluralof nouveau riche.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her feat is the more remarkable in an environment “where the majority of nouveaux riches worshipped Western luxury brands.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
Trailing behind the politically influential is a much larger—and younger—class of nouveaux riches, which includes Matie.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 18, 2014
“You have nouveaux riches that want to show their status, and the first step is to have a canvas bag with the original ‘GG.’”
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2012
This left the squad with a flimsy feel, the sense nagging that an opportunity to send out a message of intent, not least to the emerging nouveaux riches of Manchester City, had been missed.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010
This was why he also said nothing when she took the paintings from the walls and the antique carpets to sell them to the nouveaux riches.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
