Definition of "snob"

Outside of his own set he was considered rather a snob, but as his set was the set, it never worried him.

1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Four Fists”, in Flappers and Philosophers

If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.

1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots

The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]

1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 57

'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of taste: not snobs.'

1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844

I like better gin-and-water than claret. I like a sanded floor in Carnaby Market better than a chalked one in Mayfair. I prefer Snobs, I own it.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850

I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.

1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton