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parvenu
A ''parvenu'' is a person who is a relative newcomer to a socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb ''parvenir'' (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something).
==Origin==
The word ''parvenu'' typically describes a person who recently ascended the social ladder, especially a ''nouveau riche'' or "new money" individual. The famous Molly Brown, who survived the ''Titanic'' sinking in 1912, was portrayed as a "new money" individual in the "climbing social classes" musical ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' because of her impoverished Irish immigrant roots and lack of social pedigree.
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines a ''parvenu'' as: "A person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position; a nouveau riche; an upstart, a social climber. Also in extended use. Generally used with the implication that the person concerned is unsuited to the new social position, esp. through lacking the necessary manners or accomplishments."
The term designates individuals not socially accepted by individuals already established in their new class. It expresses a form of classism.
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