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Meanings of parvenu in English

Catalan
nou-ric

Wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.

        nou-ric

        Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.

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              Usage of parvenu in English
              1
              In 1870 the American steel maker was the parvenu of the trade.
              The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry
              2
              The parvenu millionaire-thecotton lord-harborsthese ruffians by refusing to prosecute poachers.
              Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to...
              3
              He had thrown his hardships at her like a parvenu his riches.
              The Dark House
              4
              There was nothing of the garishness of the parvenu in the capital's display.
              The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
              5
              The room was richly furnished, but in the pretentious taste of a parvenu.
              Original Short Stories — Volume 07
              6
              The furniture is very costly, and reminds one of the parvenu.
              Old Fritz and the New Era
              7
              But then those parvenu opportunists of Iceland stole our story on Tuesday night.
              The Irish Times
              8
              And when it came to blood, beside her I was parvenu.
              The Red One
              9
              But they are parvenu people as compared with thought and action.
              The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
              10
              I am a parvenu, my dear fellow, and I know it.
              The Two Brothers
              11
              The parvenu Emperor is the First Spear of God-that'swhat he calls himself.
              Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
              12
              Crozat the parvenu-Marquisdu Chatel, forsooth, with his scissors and yardstick for device.
              The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
              13
              How fatal to the parvenu, throughout history, has been this respect for shoebuckles.
              The Second Funeral of Napoleon
              14
              I am a parvenu's daughter, or a conqueror's daughter, it's all the same.
              The Red Lily — Volume 01
              15
              Good old woman, and these poor banished Hogtons, thought I,-hatefulparvenu!
              The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 05
              16
              What does it signify?-nodoubt some parvenu, but rich-soinfernally rich!
              The Haunters & The Haunted / Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supe...
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              Catalan
              nou-ric
              Parvenu through the time
              Parvenu across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common