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Definition of Parvenu

Parvenu
Parvenu Par"ve*nu`, n. [F., prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. See Par, prep., and Come.] An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

Meaning of Parvenu from wikipedia

- A parvenu is a person who is a relative newcomer to a high-ranking socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past...
- The Parvenus (Slovene: Jara gospoda) is a 1953 Yugoslav historical drama film directed by Bojan Stupica and starring Vladimir Skrbinsek, Elvira Kralj and...
- Parvenu Point (67°34′S 67°17′W / 67.567°S 67.283°W / -67.567; -67.283) is a low but prominent point forming the north extremity of Pourquoi Pas Island...
- Le Paysan parvenu is an unfinished novel by Pierre de Marivaux. Five parts by Marivaux appeared from May 1734 to April 1735, and an ending was added by...
- Mademoiselle de Terville by Madeleine d'Arsant de Puisieux, Le Philosophe parvenu ou Lettres et pièces originales contenant les aventures d'Eugène Sans-Pair...
- religious tolerance over pure economic self-interest". Often referred to as parvenu, members of the nouveau riche are often discriminated against by the old-money...
- noblesse d'épée, increasingly resented the influence and pretensions of this parvenu nobility. In the last years of the ancien régime the old nobility pushed...
- Trimalchio—an allusion to the Latin work Satyricon—the plot followed the rise of a parvenu who s****s wealth to win the woman he loves. For source material, Fitzgerald...
- Gyu-young, Kwon Yul, Hwang Hee, and Yeonwoo. It is about the romance between a parvenu who lacks education, and the daughter of a prestigious family who tries...
- defend their spiritual progenitor against aspersions cast by an American parvenu." "1912 Harry Houdini 'Water Torture Cell' Presentation Piece from Circus...