Snob
Pronunciation
- enPR: snÅb, IPA: /snÉ’b/
- Rhymes: -É’b
Origin
Origin unknown.
Full definition of snob
Noun
snob
(plural snobs)- (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. from 18th c.
- 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57: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 ….
- (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. from 19th c.
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:'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 men of taste: not snobs.'
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt: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.
- (informal) 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. from 20th c.
- 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.