• Snob

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: snŏb, IPA: /snÉ’b/
    • Rhymes: -É’b

    Origin

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    Full definition of snob

    Noun

    snob

    (plural snobs)
    1. (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 ….
    2. (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.
    3. (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.

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