| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arriviste |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ri·viste |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -r -vst |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from arriver, to arrive, from Old French ariver. See arrive.
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