snobs

Noun

snob (plural snobs)

1. (derogatory, informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes, skills, etc.
   • an insufferable snob
2. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.
   • 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 […]1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 57
3. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
   • '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.'1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
4. (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).
5. (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

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