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Definition of arriviste noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

arriviste

noun
 
/ˌæriːˈviːst/
 
/ˌæriːˈviːst/
(from French, disapproving)
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  1. a person who is determined to be accepted as a member of a social group, etc. that they are not part of
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from arriver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’.
See arriviste in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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