Arriviste

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who has recently attained high position or great power but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.
  • n. A social climber; a bounder.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. upstart, newcomer, late arrival, nouveau riche, parvenu, generally characterised as an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unpleasant person    disagreeable person   
    Cross Reference
    social climber   
    Hyponym
    junior    social climber    climber   
     
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