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snob

The correct spelling is snob.

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/snɒb/
noun

IPA: /snɒb/

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The correct spelling is snob. 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.

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Definition

noun

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

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