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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|};

    [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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