snob UK /snɒb/US /snɑb/ noun5 •A 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.Proceed as a snob climbing the social ladder, namely, know the best people in the neighbourhood, then the best people they know. The end is not that of snobbery, but an eternal treasure. — 1918 •A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman. •(old-fashioned) A 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.' — 1842 •(informal) 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 […] — 1929 •(no longer used) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab). formssnobs
