rastaquouère

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A social upstart, especially from a Mediterranean or Latin American country; a smooth untrustworthy foreigner. derogatory
    — Like the prodigal rastaquouères—those Latin American millionaires who flaunted their wealth in Paris in the hope of gaining entry into the beau monde—writers and intellectuals loved to put on cosmopolitan airs after visiting the French capital—they had left their Hispanic backwaters and could now swim with the tide of modern life.

词形变化

rastaquouères plural rastacouère alternative

词源

Borrowed from French rastaquouère, from South American Spanish rastacuero.
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