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American Heritage Dictionary (1 definition)
- A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class.
–noun
Century Dictionary (2 definitions)
- One newly risen into notice, especially by an accident of fortune and beyond his birth or apparent deserts, whether as a claimant for a place in society or as occupying a position of authority; an upstart.
- Like or characteristic of a parvenu or upstart.
–noun
Wiktionary (2 definitions)
- A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
- Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
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–adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary (1)
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French, from past participle of parvenir, to arrive, from Latin pervenīre : per, through; see per1 in Indo-European roots + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.
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