snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/ BrE AmE 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 snobs
music/wine snob
3 . 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.