noun
- A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class.
Source:
“These parvenu farmers clear the land by bushfires that smolder beneath the peat for many seasons, surfacing in dry spells to sow renewed calamity.”
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas: a novel. New York: Random House, 2004: 13.
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