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upstart
noun
a person who has recently come into wealth, power, etc., esp. one who behaves in a presumptuous, aggressive manner; parvenu
adjective
- newly rich, powerful, etc.
- of or characteristic of an upstart
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to start, or spring, up or cause to spring up
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