parvenu
Collocations
4ADJ.
above, sinister
VERB + PARVENU
rule, usurping
PARVENU + NOUN
financiers, ideas, industrialists, operator, telegraph
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
But the favourite's power and influence provoke intense ill-feeling among other courtiers, who regard him as a sinister, usurping parvenu with ideas above his station, or perhaps even a sorcerer.
adj
Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.
Loss of money is far the worst, then comes ill-health, and then loss of reputation; loss of reputation is a bad third, for, if a man keeps health and money unimpaired, it will be generally found that his loss of reputation is due to breaches of parvenu conventions only, and not to violations of those older, better established canons whose authority is unquestionable.
The Progressives were of the educated middle class, angry at the rule of parvenu financiers and industrialists.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
- upstart
- nouveau-riche
- arriviste
adjective — of or characteristic of a parvenu
- parvenue
adjective — characteristic of someone who has risen economically or soci
- nouveau-riche
- parvenue
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4But the favourite's power and influence provoke intense ill-feeling among other courtiers, who regard him as a sinister, usurping parvenu with ideas above his station, or perhaps even a sorcerer.
WiktionaryLoss of money is far the worst, then comes ill-health, and then loss of reputation; loss of reputation is a bad third, for, if a man keeps health and money unimpaired, it will be generally found that
WiktionaryThe Progressives were of the educated middle class, angry at the rule of parvenu financiers and industrialists.
WiktionaryThe majority of the adults, however, viewed Luisa Santiaga as the precious jewel of a rich and powerful family whom a parvenu telegraph operator was courting not for love but self-interest.
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