snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: snob 'shoemaker, person of low social rank' (18-19 centuries)]
1. someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval:
Stop being such a snob. I don’t want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar.2. someone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval:
a bunch of intellectual snobsmusic/wine snob3. snob value/appeal British English something that has snob value is liked by people who think they are better than other people:
That kind of car has real snob appeal. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲