social climber

The definition of a social climber is a person who aspires to get into a group of people he thinks are higher class and socially prominent.

(noun)

An example of a social climber is someone who wants to marry for money and impress all the society people.

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See social climber in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a person who associates with socially prominent people in an attempt to gain higher social status

See social climber in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One who strives for acceptance in fashionable society.

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