English Upstarts

up·start (pstärt)
n.
A person of humble origin who attains sudden wealth, power, or importance, especially one made immodest or presumptuous by the change; a parvenu.
adj.
1. Suddenly raised to a position of consequence.
2. Self-important; presumptuous.
intr.v. (p-stärt) up·start·ed, up·start·ing, up·starts
To spring or start up suddenly.
 
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