snob

Signification (Anglais)

1. (informal) 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.
2. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.
3. A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
4. A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).
5. A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

Concepts

snob

salonard

morve

Synonymes

snobbish

snoot

prig

arrogant person

snot

haughty person

fop

gallant

high hat

hypocrite

macaroni

parvenu

proud person

prude

puritan

beau

sheik

shoemaker

snooty

sophisticate

swell

uncivil

vainglorious

affected person

black-leg

city boy

snobbish person

rude

brackish

cobbler

coxcomb

dandy

discourteous

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/snɒb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status;" it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this.
The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848).