snob
IPA: snˈɑb
noun
- (informal, derogatory) 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.
- (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.
- (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
- (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).
- (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
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Examples of "snob" in Sentences
- Stop calling her a snob.
- Was your ancestor a snob
- He is not a snob actually.
- Don't be a snob, buy vintage
- Be a food snob this Christmas.
- People think that he is a snob.
- The snobs in response refine their behavior model.
- He is a frightful snob and looks down at most of the people in Oakham.
- It is an 'everyman's' encyclopedia, it is not reserved for effete snobs.
- Yep, me, the nobody film snob is going to question the guru of comic books.
- An unbelievable snob is described at the New York Times article at the link.
- She is depicted by Fanny, as an avaricious, greedy snob, but not without charm.
- "Ah! my dear old friend, " he said, -you see I have become what they call the snob!
- "I could be labelled a snob or a stuck up, affecting the professional relationship with my team members."
- I still do not know who this elite snob is nor do his supporters for that matter – they are voting on skin color.
- That's what I call a snob -- judging people by whether they're rich and important -- by whether it's worth while to know them.
- You keep saying that, unless I think the BSO is overpaid, I'm some kind of snob, but you yourself are a snob from the other end, and I don't put any more moral stock in populist snobbery than elitist snobbery.
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