n. a.
3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)
One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] Shak.
A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] Drayton. A startuppe, or clownish shoe. Spenser.
Upstart. [R.] Walpole.
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