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Significados de parvenu en inglés

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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 "upstart"
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Some investors, however, have concerns about investing in an upstart car company.
Wired
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It was a second quarter to forget for social media upstart Snap.
The Irish Times
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Wellingtonians clearly see being an artistic upstart as their unique selling point.
Radio NZ
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The upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune.
Pride and Prejudice
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What was it like, she asked, to work with the upstart network?
Wired
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The comtesse is nothing but a common, ordinary parvenue originating no one knows where.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
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They are not a parvenue family, but date from the days of Richard III.
Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
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One would think you a parvenue, absolutely, to hear you!
The Genius
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Some of our political houses are parvenue by pedigree; they hand on vulgarity like a coat of-arms.
What's Wrong with the World
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A shrewd little parvenue, that was all.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
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That said, Nick's family actually has little interest in fame, a very nouveau-riche idea.
Radio NZ
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In 2050, the nouveau-riche arrivistes stake their big skyline claims on the public eye.
BBC
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I'd crawl over a mountain of nouveau-riche club sandwiches to get to a nice toastie.
The Irish Times
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These nouveau-riche types make some money and stop making sense, a veterinary department official said on Wednesday.
The Irish Times
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This swansong for an empire, published in 1994, is still relevant to the nouveau-riche Russia of today.
The Irish Times
Uso de parvenu en inglés
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In 1870 the American steel maker was the parvenu of the trade.
The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry
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The parvenu millionaire-thecotton lord-harborsthese ruffians by refusing to prosecute poachers.
Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to...
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He had thrown his hardships at her like a parvenu his riches.
The Dark House
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There was nothing of the garishness of the parvenu in the capital's display.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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The room was richly furnished, but in the pretentious taste of a parvenu.
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
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The furniture is very costly, and reminds one of the parvenu.
Old Fritz and the New Era
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But then those parvenu opportunists of Iceland stole our story on Tuesday night.
The Irish Times
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And when it came to blood, beside her I was parvenu.
The Red One
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But they are parvenu people as compared with thought and action.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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I am a parvenu, my dear fellow, and I know it.
The Two Brothers
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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
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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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