"yacht person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yacht people [plural]
Etymology: (émigré from Hong Kong): Modelled on boat people. Etymology templates: {{sense|émigré from Hong Kong}} (émigré from Hong Kong):, {{m|en|boat people}} boat people Head templates: {{en-noun|yacht people}} yacht person (plural yacht people)
  1. (historical, in the plural) A wealthy émigré from Hong Kong who fled the 1997 handover of the colony back to China, taking their wealth with them to settle elsewhere in the Anglosphere and establish close-knit expatriate communities. Tags: historical, in-plural
    Sense id: en-yacht_person-en-noun-5zldexlc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. Alternative form of yachtsperson Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yachtsperson
    Sense id: en-yacht_person-en-noun-Rx~7dBKG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Inflected forms

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