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Mountaineer supporting party — an uppish type?
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social climber
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Word definitions for social climber in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior [syn: climber ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He's got to be the biggest social climber of all time.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone who tries to improve their social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour
Usage examples of social climber.
The problem is that if you're not one of the breed, then you're a grasping social climber, just out to use them.
Each level was reached by means of wind-powered escalators in constant need of repair so that the social climber of these ancient times was just that.
Controlling a mind like James Maybrick's was intoxicating, far more satisfying than controlling a dullard like Eddy-even if Albert Victor Christian Edward did have prospects far beyond anything the Liverpudlian social climber could ever hope to achieve.
In any case, it amused him to surprise Peter, who was surprised only to find that Aeneas like everyone else was a social climber.
She was very angry and made no attempt to hide it, which, from a social climber of her stature, was the supreme insult.