as in parvenus
one who has recently acquired wealth and social position
a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society
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Noun
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Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur face Atletico Madrid while Norwegian upstarts Bodo/Glimt — who have beaten City, Atletico and Inter Milan this season — take on Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026 -
In part, the contest echoes the challenge from populist upstarts faced by mainstream parties around the world.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Nouveaux riches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveaux%20riches. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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