upstart
noun
a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
upstarted
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past participleof upstart.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof upstart.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
upstartnouna person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
Example Sentences
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In an industry where guerrilla tactics pay off, Kahn upstarted the upstarts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instantly upstarted Lyubim Tsarevich, put on his armour, and leapt upon his steed.
From The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales by J. R. de Rosciszewski
Roused at one call, upstarted from one bed, Press’d in one crowd, appall’d with one amaze, He turns them o’er, Eternity! to thee.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
After this fashion the Moslems ceased not dashing forwards, one after one, and the Franks to unhorse them and take them captive, till day departed and the night with darkness upstarted.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
XLV From their seats upstarted the lords and all the band; The bear flew into fury; straight gave the king command The hounds to uncouple, and slip them on the prey.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
