arriviste

ar·ri·viste

A0437800 (ă-rē-vēst′)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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[French, from arriver, to arrive, from Old French ariver; see arrive.]

arriviste

(ˌæriːˈviːst; French arivist) na person who is unscrupulously ambitious[French: see arrive, -ist]

ar•ri•viste

(ˌær iˈvist)

n. a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status or wealth; upstart. [1900–05; < French; see arrive, -ist]

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arriviste - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that classnouveau-riche, parvenu, upstartdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeablesocial climber, climber - someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behaviorjunior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business"

arriviste

noun upstart, would-be, climber, social climber, status seeker, adventurer or adventuress, parvenu or parvenue a woman regarded by some as a pushy arriviste

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