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nou·veau riche (no̵̅o̅′vō rēs̸h′)

a person who has only recently become rich: often connoting tasteless ostentation, lack of culture, etc.

Etymology: Fr, newly rich

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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