Parvenu
(noun)
A person who has recently risen to a higher social or economic status but has not yet fully assimilated the manners or customs of that status.
Origin:
From the french word "parvenu" meaning "one who has recently achieved wealth or power".
Examples:
- He was considered a parvenu by the members of the old money society.
- She was a parvenu, her family had recently come into money.
- The parvenu's lack of social graces was obvious at the fancy party.
- He was a self-made man and a parvenu in the world of high society.
- The nouveau riche parvenu was trying to buy his way into the elite social circle.