parvenue

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People gather around the mail-coach as it makes its daily halt before the drawbridge Illustration: THE NEW CATHEDRAL.--MARSEILLES In the most honourable sense of the word," the Cathedral of Marseilles is also typical of the city, "parvenue."

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  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

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  • People gather around the mail-coach as it makes its daily halt before the drawbridge Illustration: THE NEW CATHEDRAL.--MARSEILLES In the most honourable sense of the word," the Cathedral of Marseilles is also typical of the city, "parvenue." —  Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
  • Were cities able to talk with one another as men can, and as foolishly as men often do, I have no doubt that many a hustling middle-western city would patronize Charleston, precisely as a parvenue might patronize a professor of astronomy; nevertheless, Charleston has a stronger, deeper-rooted city entity than all the cities of the Middle West rolled into one. —  American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
  • The comtesse is nothing but a common, ordinary parvenue originating no one knows where. —  Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
  • Problem is, undoing the damage this halfwit political-parvenue is doing will take a LOONG time. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • "One remarks the puffed-up parvenue," whispered Frau von Morien. —  Old Fritz and the New Era
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