Why exclude the lower orders from your definition of snobbery?

a person like John Ostler, for example, might be rather proud of his position at the crown, and the importance of his services to all in the village, he might have great respect for Mr Coles groom, with his large stable of fine horses, and no time at all for Mr Knightley's Harry, who is really an indoors servant and hardly rates as a footman.

Princes and paupers generally know their place, and know that the accident of birth that made them what they are is beyond any remedy that individual effort can effect or social connections can affect. Still, princes in the company of other states princes, or paupers in a situation where access to charity is determined by social judgment (for instance, if someone like Mr Elton was to determine whether to give a small stipend to the poor sick parishioner that Emma had visited, or old John Abdey, based on his notions of who was industrious and deserving), even those who seem beyond the reach of envy or ambition can become snobs.