social climber

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(disapproving) a person who tries to improve their position in society by becoming friendly with people who belong to a higher social class

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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social climberEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary social climberEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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social climber