yacht people

A form of yacht person — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of yacht person
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yacht people. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yacht%20people

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“yacht people.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yacht%20people. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yacht people,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yacht%20people.

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