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Definition of nouveau riche noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nouveau riche

noun
 
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
 
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
(plural nouveaux riches
 
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
 
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
, the nouveau riche)
(from French, disapproving)
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  1. a person who has recently become rich and likes to show how rich they are in a very obvious wayTopics People in societyc2
    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘new rich’.
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