nouveau riche
noun
nou·veau riche
ˌnü-ˌvō-ˈrēsh 
plural nouveaux riches
ˌnü-ˌvō-ˈrēsh
: a person newly rich : parvenu
Examples of nouveau riche in a Sentence
a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society
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But Ahlers’ Jack is not content to become a nouveau riche nightmare, having spent the bulk of recent episodes dragging his feet about leaving the home and his employers, Agnes and Ada (Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon), whom he’s known for so long.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Arguably the series’ silent star, the jewelry reflects the intense competition among New York’s nouveau riche to outshine one another.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Arguably the series’ silent star, the jewelry reflects the intense competition among New York’s nouveau riche to outshine one another.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for nouveau riche
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“Nouveau riche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nouveau%20riche. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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