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Parvenu

Parvenu Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parvenu? [n] a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class [adj] of or characteristic of a parvenu [adj] characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parvenu: new \| nouveau-riche \| nouveau-riche \| parvenue \| pretentious \| upstart \| upstart(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parvenu: adventurer \| arriviste \| Babbitt \| billionaire \| bloated plutocrat \| boor \| bounder \| bourgeois \| bourgeois gentilhomme \| bright young man \| cad \| capitalist \| churl \| clown \| comer \| Daddy Warbucks \| emigrant \| epicier \| fat cat \| fledgling \| gate-crasher \| greenhorn \| groundling \| guttersnipe \| hooligan \| ill-bred fellow \| immigrant \| intruder \| intrusive \| looby \| lout \| low fellow \| man of means \| man of substance \| man of wealth \| millionaire \| modern \| modern generation \| modern man \| modernist \| modernizer \| moneybags \| moneyed man \| mucker \| multimillionaire \| mushroom \| nabob \| name-dropper \| neologism \| neologist \| neology \| neonate \| neoteric \| neoterism \| neoterist \| new arrival \| new boy \| new generation \| new man \| newcomer \| newly-rich \| nouveau riche \| nouveau roturier \| nouveau-riche \| novus homo \| parvenue \| peasant \| Philistine \| pig in clover \| plutocrat \| recruit \| ribald \| rich man \| richling \| rising generation \| rookie \| roturier \| rough \| roughneck \| rowdy \| ruffian \| settler \| social climber \| sprout \| squatter \| status seeker \| stowaway \| stripling \| tenderfoot \| tufthunter \| upstart \| vulgarian \| vulgarist \| warm man \| wealthy man \| would-be gentleman \| yokel \| Young Turk See Also \| climber \| disagreeable person \| junior \| social climber \| unpleasant person Parvenu In Webster's Dictionary \Par"ve*nu`\, n. [F., prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. See {Par}, prep., and {Come}.] An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

Parvenu Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parvenu?

[n] a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
[adj] of or characteristic of a parvenu
[adj] characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

Parvenu In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"ve*nu`\, n. [F., prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain
to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come
to; per through + venire to come. See {Par}, prep., and
{Come}.]
An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

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