parvenu
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class,…A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
» He's a parvenu.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
Emporkömmling, Parvenü
парвеню́parvenjú, нувори́шnuvoríš, вы́скочкаvýskočka
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
Examples
1 sentencesHe's a parvenu.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French parvenu, past participle of parvenir, from Latin perveniō (“arrive, rBorrowed from French parvenu, past participle of parvenir, from Latin perveniō (“arrive, reach”).
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Forms
plural: parvenusSynonyms
3 synonyms- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class:upstartnouveau-richearriviste