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Afristocrat en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of African + aristocrat.

Meanings

1. (informal) A wealthy and/or elite black person.
   • Cyrildene was colonised by traders from Beijing, and the best suburbs have of course been settled by our new ruling class, ‘Afristocrats’ and politicians who tool around in BMWs and dine in the Smokestack. 2002, Rian Malan, “Jo'burg Lovesong”, in Heidi Holland, Adam Roberts, editors, From Jo'burg to Jozi: Stories about Africa's Infamous City, page 154:
   • If things go well for this country, they will have a wonderful selection of career opportunities and a fine selection of local role-models, a new breed of Afristocrats who succeed through their abilities. 1999, Mike Freedman, Renaissance Dawning: South Africa - Into the 21st Century, page 213:
   • Street fashion is once again at the heart of the war against the urban black poor. Black adults, including Afristocrats like Cosby, have been engulfed in moral panic over baggy pants that sag almost beneath the behind. 2005, Michael Eric Dysonn, Is Bill Cosby right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind, page 116:

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