parvenu UK /ˈpɑː.və.njuː/US /ˈpɑɹ.və.nju/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.The Progressives were of the educated middle class, angry at the rule of parvenu financiers and industrialists. — 2001 noun1 •A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.But the favourite's power and influence provoke intense ill-feeling among other courtiers, who regard him as a sinister, usurping parvenu with ideas above his station, or perhaps even a sorcerer. — 2001 formsparvenus
