Snōb, n.
n. [Prov. Eng. snob, snot, snot, a miserable fellow. Cf. Ger. schnoben, equivalent to schnieben. See SNIFF.]
Sense 1. An affected and pretentious person, especially a vulgar person, who apes gentility, or affects the intimacy of noble or distinguished persons.
A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better — especially richer or more fashionable — than they are. Thackeray.
Sense 2. (Eng. Universities.) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
Sense 3. A journeyman shoemaker. Halliwell.
Sense 4. One who works for lower wages in a strike.
Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being “nobs.” De Quincey.