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social climber
noun
a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
social climber
noun
Sometimes shortened to: climber.a person who seeks advancement to a higher social class, esp by obsequious behaviour
Other Word Forms
- social climbing noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of social climber1
Example Sentences
The outgoing president rails almost daily against reporters, the middle class, businessmen, social climbers and individualists.
Glazer discovered at bedrock were not the lip-curling monsters of Hollywood’s Holocaust movies but social climbers looking to improve their status.
But with those social climbers called the D.C.
The season three episode “Chiantishire,” which takes place at Caroline’s wedding to an unabashed social climber, offers some insight into Shiv’s relationship with her mom.
A couple of manipulators, a couple of social climbers.
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