snob

noun

1. 1

   informalA person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes, skills, etc.

   an insufferable snob

   a wine snob

   a food snob

   "How do you do?" said Mabel politely. "No, I'm not from the town. I live at Yalding Towers." The name seemed to impress Mademoiselle very much. Gerald anxiously hoped in his own mind that she was not a snob.

2. 2

   A cobbler or shoemaker.

   The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]

3. 3

   datedA member of the lower classes; a commoner.

   'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of taste: not snobs.'

   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.

   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.

4. 4

   archaicA workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).

5. 5

   A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

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plural

snobs