upstart

upstart
n
1. nouveau riche, arrive", arriviste, newly rich, social climber, status seeker, snob; Sl. pig in clover, Inf. codfish aristocrat; parvenu, Brit. Sl. bounder, would-be; nobody, impostor, intruder, pretender.
adj
2. nouveau riche, newly-rich, risen from the ranks; baseborn, earthborn, common; pretentious, precocious, presumptuous, Sl. cocky, obtrusive; bluffing, pretending, feigning; forward, brash, brazen, Sl. brassy, Sl. cheeky, arrogant, audacious.
v
3. start up, spring up; be surprised or startled, be given a start.

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