one who has risen suddenly in rank or status (especially one who does not deserve it, or one who acts self-important once he has achieved it)
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Upstart Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To start or spring up suddenly.
To start or spring up suddenly.
(n.)
The meadow saffron.
The meadow saffron.
(n.)
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
(a.)
Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSuddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
upstart
\up"start`\, a. suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. "a race of upstart creatures."
upstart
\up*start"\ (?), v. i. to start or spring up suddenly. tennyson.
upstart
\up"start`\ (?), n.
1. one who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
2. (bot.) the meadow saffron. prior.
upstart
adj : characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position [syn: nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(a) ]
n
1. an arrogant or presumptuous person
2. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class [syn: parvenu, nouveau-riche]
startup
One that has risen suddenly (as from a low position to wealth or power); one that claims more personal importance than is warranted: parvenu
Noun
1. an arrogant or presumptuous person
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) wise guy, smart aleck, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimer
2. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
(synonym) parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) social climber, climber
3. a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an errect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
(synonym) kip
(hypernym) gymnastic exercise
Adjective
1. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
(synonym) nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(a)
(similar) pretentious
Upstart Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon — the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd.
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