Upstart

UPSTARTS

Persons lately raised to honours and riches from mean stations.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Up*start" (?), v. i.

To start or spring up suddenly.

Spenser. Tennyson.

© Webster 1913.

Up"start` (?), n.

1.

One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.

Bacon.

2. Bot.

The meadow saffron.

Dr. Prior.

© Webster 1913.

Up"start`, a.

Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.

Milton.

© Webster 1913.