One seeking higher status (6,7)
I believe the answer is:
social climber
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">one seeking higher status</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for social climber that I've seen before include "status-seeker?" , "One seeking higher status" , "Parvenu" , "Someone wanting higher status" , "Upstart" .)