1. a person who has recently acquired wealth, status, or power and is regarded as lacking the refinement or taste expected of someone in that position
Usage: often used with a tone of disapproval or snobbery

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a parvenu; marked by newly acquired wealth or status

Examples

• The old families of the town dismissed the wealthy businessman as a parvenu who lacked proper breeding.
• She was criticized for her parvenu taste in art, favoring expensive but garish decorations.
• The parvenu entrepreneur threw lavish parties to gain acceptance in high society.
• His parvenu manners and ostentatious displays of wealth made him unpopular among the established elite.
• The novel satirizes the parvenu class and their desperate attempts to fit into aristocratic circles.
• Despite his fortune, he remained a parvenu in the eyes of those with generational wealth.