мешанин во дворянстве

• МЕЩАНИН ВО ДВОРЯНСТВЕ lit, derog

[NP; sing only; fixed WO]

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⇒ an upstart, a person occupying a high position to which he has no rightful claim:

- parvenu.

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← The title of a Russian translation of Molifcre's comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670.