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Meanings of parvenu in inglés

catalán
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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Examples for "arriviste"
Examples for "arriviste"
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Is Madonna a self-absorbed megalomaniac with a touch of the arriviste?
The Guardian
2
Is he an art connoisseur or a crass arriviste?
Reuters
3
Not for them the arriviste tendencies of Chelsea or Manchester City; they would succeed "the Arsenal way".
The Guardian
4
Everyone who matters still regards you as a vulgar little arriviste incapable of thinking beyond the next financial quarter.
The Irish Times
5
The story also revived the image of Kate's mother Carole Middleton as a social climbing arriviste with particularly gauche taste.
News.com.au
1
Future increases will have to be almost entirely new money, he said.
The Guardian
2
This involves new money and could see building work start next July.
The Guardian
3
Group net new money for the period was also negative, UBS said.
The Irish Times
4
Does this new money mark an end to the school funding crisis?
The Guardian
5
In the current system, new money is only created when banks lend.
The Guardian
1
Competitors feel nouveau riche by comparison, trying too hard to fit in.
BBC
2
The table groaned, as it was supposed to, with nouveau riche abundance.
Melnitz
3
And like all the nouveau riche, he went on a giddy splurge.
The capitol game
4
He had spent the go-go eighties hanging out with nouveau riche celebrities.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
5
The nouveau riche were once disparaged by those who had inherited their money.
The Guardian
Usage of parvenu in inglés
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
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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 ...
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How fatal to the parvenu, throughout history, has been this respect for shoebuckles.
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
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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
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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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nou-ric
Parvenu through the time
Parvenu across language varieties
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