OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13203

parvenu

/ˈpɑː.və.njuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
advenedizo
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 e…
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