17
upstart(noun, adjective, person, rich, unknown)
11
snob(noun, person, vulgarity, commonalty, upstart)
9
arriviste(noun, unknown, nonentity, upstart)
9
nouveau riche(noun, expression, adjective, idiom, rich)
9
parvenue(noun, adjective)
6
nouveau-riche
5
mushroom(noun, prosperity, commonalty, newness)
4
climber(noun, person)
4
adventurer(noun, commonalty)
3
forward
3
nobody(noun, person, commonalty)
3
bounder
3
cad
3
clown
3
peasant
3
social climber(noun, expression, idiom)
2
arrogant(noun, adjective, upstart)
2
snobbish(adjective, arrogant)
2
bourgeois gentilhomme(expression, idiom, commonalty)
2
intruder
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