Meaning of Snob | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   derogatory, informal
2. A cobbler or shoemaker.
   colloquial
3. A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
   dated
4. A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).
   archaic
5. A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

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Examples

“"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.”

“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.”

“Outside of his own set he was considered rather a snob, but as his set was the set, it never worried him.”

“If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.”

“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 […]”

“'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.”

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