noun

An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person.

Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling.

social climber,status seeker,would-be,go-getter,self-seeker,adventurer,adventuress

noun

An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status.

Full of arrivistes and the new rich for whom desperate consumption was a proof of being, its secret world (secret, that is, to all not admitted to the charmed circles of the West End) revolved around sex and gambling.

social climber,status seeker,would-be,go-getter,self-seeker,adventurer,adventuress

noun

A female adventurer.

Fabre went on to attack women’s clubs, claiming, to much applause, that they were composed of ‘adventuresses, wandering female knights, emancipated girls, and amazons’.

social climber,status seeker,would-be,go-getter,self-seeker,adventurer,adventuress

noun

A woman who enjoys or seeks adventure.

Fabre went on to attack women’s clubs, claiming, to much applause, that they were composed of ‘adventuresses, wandering female knights, emancipated girls, and amazons’.

social climber,status seeker,would-be,go-getter,self-seeker,adventurer,adventuress