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n. snobb, högfärdig person, arrogant person* * *[snob](a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and despises those in a lower class etc than himself: Being a snob, he was always trying to get to know members of the royal family.) snobb- snobbery- snobbish
- snobbishly
- snobbishness
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