Snob

Quick meaning: Snob is a noun meaning (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

Meaning

(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

More Meanings

1. (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
2. (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
3. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
4. (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).

Example Sentences

If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.

Outside of his own set he was considered rather a snob, but as his set was the set, it never worried him.

I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.

I like better gin-and-water than claret. I like a sanded floor in Carnaby Market better than a chalked one in Mayfair. I prefer Snobs, I own it.

Word Forms

• snobs

Synonyms for snob

Depending on context, synonyms include cad, prig, snot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prig, snot, snoot, elitist, fawner, highbrow.

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