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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.
Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
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Examples for "upstart"
Examples for "upstart"
1
Some investors, however, have concerns about investing in an upstart car company.
2
It was a second quarter to forget for social media upstart Snap.
3
Wellingtonians clearly see being an artistic upstart as their unique selling point.
4
The upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune.
5
What was it like, she asked, to work with the upstart network?
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The comtesse is nothing but a common, ordinary parvenue originating no one knows where.
2
They are not a parvenue family, but date from the days of Richard III.
3
One would think you a parvenue, absolutely, to hear you!
4
Some of our political houses are parvenue by pedigree; they hand on vulgarity like a coat of-arms.
5
A shrewd little parvenue, that was all.
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That said, Nick's family actually has little interest in fame, a very nouveau-riche idea.
2
In 2050, the nouveau-riche arrivistes stake their big skyline claims on the public eye.
3
I'd crawl over a mountain of nouveau-riche club sandwiches to get to a nice toastie.
4
These nouveau-riche types make some money and stop making sense, a veterinary department official said on Wednesday.
5
This swansong for an empire, published in 1994, is still relevant to the nouveau-riche Russia of today.
Usage of parvenu in English
1
In 1870 the American steel maker was the parvenu of the trade.
2
The parvenu millionaire-thecotton lord-harborsthese ruffians by refusing to prosecute poachers.
3
He had thrown his hardships at her like a parvenu his riches.
4
There was nothing of the garishness of the parvenu in the capital's display.
5
The room was richly furnished, but in the pretentious taste of a parvenu.
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The furniture is very costly, and reminds one of the parvenu.
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But then those parvenu opportunists of Iceland stole our story on Tuesday night.
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And when it came to blood, beside her I was parvenu.
9
But they are parvenu people as compared with thought and action.
10
I am a parvenu, my dear fellow, and I know it.
11
The parvenu Emperor is the First Spear of God-that'swhat he calls himself.
12
Crozat the parvenu-Marquisdu Chatel, forsooth, with his scissors and yardstick for device.
13
How fatal to the parvenu, throughout history, has been this respect for shoebuckles.
14
I am a parvenu's daughter, or a conqueror's daughter, it's all the same.
15
Good old woman, and these poor banished Hogtons, thought I,-hatefulparvenu!
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What does it signify?-nodoubt some parvenu, but rich-soinfernally rich!
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United Kingdom
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