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arriviste

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ar⋅ri⋅viste

  [ar-ee-veest; Fr. a-ree-veest]
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–noun, plural -vistes  [-veests; Fr. -veest] .
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, esp. by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
Origin:
1900–05; < F; see arrive, -ist
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ar·ri·viste   (ā-rē-vēst')   
n.  

  1. A person who has recently attained high position or great power but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.

  2. A social climber; a bounder.


[French, from arriver, to arrive, from Old French ariver; see arrive.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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