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arriviste
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synonyms: parvenu, upstart, upspring, nouveau riche, West Egger ???
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Definition:someone who has just recently gained power and/or wealth and has yet to be accepted into wealthy society
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One could go on noting the same double character in all the other personages of the vast scene: Berg, the eternal arriviste; Borís, the fortune hunter; the wonderful Prince Andrew with his temperament at once so complex and so clear;
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance (Clifton Fadiman's foreward)
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