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Definition of Social climber

1. Noun. Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior.

Definition of Social climber

1. Noun. Someone who tries to improve their social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Climber

Literary usage of Social climber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters from Prison: Socialism a Spiritual Sunrise by Bouck White (1915)
"Q. What is a social climber? A. A social climber is a person born among the common ... A, A social climber is an ignoble figure, hated by God and man. ..."

2. American Medicine (1920)
"To the female social climber, reform is the "jimmy" with which she opens ... But the social climber can make a feeble reform movement serve her purpose. ..."

3. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1913)
"Mrs. Ashton, admittedly a social climber, joins them and briefly reproves both father and daughter for " neglecting" their guests — all of whom seem very ..."

4. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1913)
"Robert Ashton Her father, whose heart is still in his native West Mrs. Ashton Her mother, a social climber Edith Ashton Beverly's older sister, ..."

5. Japan and America: A Contrast by Carl Crow (1916)
"Japan is, among the nations of the world, the social climber, and she has worked to achieve her ambition just as the social climber works. ..."

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