parvenu

Noun

parvenu (plural parvenus)

1. A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted from his class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within the new class.
   • 2001 January 31, Francis Wheen, "The whole truth about Peter"s friends", The Guardian

     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.

7 letters in word "parvenu": A E N P R U V.

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