parvenue
/pɑrˈvɛnu/
noun
- A woman who has recently gained wealth or status but is not accepted by the established social class; a female upstart.
- She was dismissed as a parvenue by the club's longtime members despite her fortune.
- The novel's protagonist is a parvenue struggling to fit into high society.
- The old money families refused to invite the parvenue to their exclusive parties.
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