One who prefers cream? (7)

I believe the answer is:

elitist

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'one who prefers cream?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for elitist that I've seen before include "arrogant" , "for the cream" , "(One who is) discriminating in favour of select few" , "Favouring high society" , "one snobbishly prefers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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