Definition of parvenus Parvenus
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What does parvenus mean?
Wiktionary 
- parvenus (Noun)
Plural of parvenu.
Part of speech
🔤- parvenus, noun, plural of parvenu.
WordNet
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| parvenu - of or characteristic of a parvenu | ||
| parvenue | ||
| parvenu - characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | ||
| nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart | ||
| pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | ||
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Wiktionary
- parvenu (Noun)
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class. - parvenu (Adjective)
Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- parvenu (n.)
An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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parvenu
Wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy. -
parvenu
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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parvenu
pär′ve-nū, n. an upstart: one newly risen into notice or power.—adj. like a parvenu. [Fr., pa.p. of parvenir—L. pervenīre, to arrive at—per, through, venīre, to come.]
Part of speech
🔤- parvenu, noun, singular of parvenus.
