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parvenu

English

  1. 🔊 of or characteristic of a parvenu
  2. 🔊 characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
  3. 🔊 a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

Similar words

upstart nouveau-riche arriviste parvenue nouveau-riche parvenue upstart(a) babbitt daddy warbucks philistine young turk adventurer arriviste billionaire bloated plutocrat boor bounder bourgeois bourgeois gentilhomme bright young man cad capitalist churl clown