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parvenu (en)

(noun) one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it

Austerlitz
by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz
by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz
by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald


the parvenus who had come to power in Germany

—p.236 by W.G. Sebald
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