SNOB


Meaning of SNOB in English

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.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.