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[Noun] | "ar*ri*viste" | \ ˌa-ri-ˈvēst \
1: one that is a new and uncertain arrival (as in social position or artistic endeavor)
Origin: 1895 ;
Borrowed from French, from arriver "to reach a destination, achieve success" (going back to Old French ariver "to reach a destination by ship") + -iste {see: |-ist:1|-ist:1} {mat|arrive:1|};
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[Noun] | "arrivistes"
1: one who has recently acquired wealth and social position;
* e.g., " ... the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes, who may have had the cash but certainly not the class "
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[Noun] | "arriviste"
1: one who has recently acquired wealth and social position;
* e.g., " ... the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes, who may have had the cash but certainly not the class "
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[ "arriviste" ]
1: Someone who has become rich so fast he does not possess manners and taste befitting the upper class. Synonym of parvenu.
* e.g., ... The Russian millionaires who became rich in the nighties are the epitome of a pretentious arriviste.
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