new-rich

English

Adjective

new-rich (not comparable)

  1. Having only recently become wealthy; nouveau riche.
    • 1968, Nerin E. Gun, Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress, page 111:
      For Haus Wachenfeld was only a modest country house, a big Bavarian chalet which today would be looked at askance by a new-rich shopkeeper.
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