- arriviste as a noun:
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arriviste
noun
1 arriviste
A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.
synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart.
Dutch: parvenu, nieuwkomeling, arrivé
Polish: homo novus
Moby thesaurus: Babbitt, Philistine, Young Turk, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bright young man, cad, churl, clown, comer, emigrant, epicier, fledgling, gate-crasher, greenhorn, groundling, guttersnipe, hooligan, ill-bred fellow ... show more.
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