Meaning of SNOB
Pronunciation: | | snâb
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| Definition: | | [n] a person regarded as arrogant and annoying |
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| Synonyms: | | prig, snot |
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| See Also: | | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Snob\, n. [Icel. sn[=a]pr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf.
{Snub}.]
1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more
fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who
apes his superiors. --Thackeray.
Essentially vulgar, a snob. -- a gilded snob, but
none the less a snob. --R. G. White.
2. (Eng. Univ.) A townsman. [Canf]
3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who
refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
Those who work for lower wages during a strike are
called snobs, the men who stand out being ``nobs''
--De Quincey.
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