Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yacht person

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: yacht per-son
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wealthy émigré from Hong Kong who fled the handover of the colony back to China in 1997, taking their wealth with them to settle elsewhere in the Anglosphere and establish close-knit expatriate communities.

noun

Alternative form of yachtsperson.

Example Sentences

"As the 1997 deadline approaches, it is expected that more money and immigrants from Hong Kong, particularly "yacht people" (wealthy refugees), will enter Canada, and more New Chinatowns will emerge."

Etymology

(émigré from Hong Kong): Modelled on boat people.

Inflected Forms

yacht people (plural)

Questions

What does yacht person mean?: A wealthy émigré from Hong Kong who fled the handover of the colony back to China in 1997, taking their wealth with them to settle elsewhere in the Anglosphere and establish close-knit expatriate communities.
Where does yacht person come from?: (émigré from Hong Kong): Modelled on boat people.

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