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Arriviste

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Noun

1. arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart

a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arriviste

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noun
a person who is unscrupulously ambitious

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Arriviste

see synonyms of arriviste
noun
a person who has recently gained power, wealth, success, etc. and is regarded as an upstart; parvenu

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Arriviste

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n.
1. A person who has recently attained high position or great power but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.
2. A social climber; a bounder.

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