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snob🔊

(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.

(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

(dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.

💬 Quotations
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.

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

(Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

📑 Synonyms: cad