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connoisseur

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con·nois·seur  (kn-sûr, -sr)
n.
1. A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.
2. A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.

[Obsolete French, from Old French connoisseor, from connoistre, to know, from Latin cognscere, to learn, know; see cognition.]

connois·seurship n.

connoisseur [ˌkɒnɪˈsɜː]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a person with special knowledge or appreciation of a field, esp in the arts
[from French, from Old French conoiseor, from connoistre to know, from Latin cognōscere]
connoisseurship  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.connoisseurconnoisseur - an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"
aesthete, esthete - one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
wine lover - a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut

connoisseur
noun expert, authority, judge, specialist, buff (informal), devotee, boffin (Brit. informal), whiz (informal), arbiter, aficionado, savant, maven (U.S.), appreciator, cognoscente, fundi (S. African) I hear you're something of an art connoisseur.
Quotations
"connoisseur: a specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
Translations
connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] Nconocedor(a) m/f, entendido/a m/f
an art connoisseurun entendido en arte
a wine connoisseurun entendido en vinos, un enólogo

connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːr] nconnaisseur/euse m/f

connoisseur
nKenner m, → Connaisseur m (geh); connoisseur of wines/womenWein-/Frauenkenner m

connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] nconoscitore/trice, intenditore/trice
connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] nconoscitore/trice, intenditore/trice

connoisseur
n connoisseur [konəˈsəː]
an expert judge of eg art, music, wine etc Let him choose the wine – he's the connoisseur. connoisseur, fynproewer, kenner خَبير، ذَوّاقَه познавач znalec, fajnšmekr kender; connaisseur der Kenner γνώστης, ειδικός entendido, conocedor asjatundja خبره؛ وارد tuntija connaisseur/-euse אֲנִין טַעַם गुणज्ञ, परीक्षक dobar poznavaoc, stručnjak, vještak műértő penilai sérfræðingur conoscitore, intenditore 鑑定家 감정가, 권위자 žinovas pazinējs; lietpratējs pakar dalam menilai kenner kjenner, skjønner, feinschmecker znawca entendido cunoscător знаток znalec, -kyňa poznavalec poznavalac kännare, konnässör ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ uzman, eksper 鑒賞家, 內行 знавець; експерт صاحب ذوق، صاحب نظر người am hiểu , 内行


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I knew a gentleman who prided himself all his life on being a connoisseur of Lafitte.
Dunster removed the cigar from his teeth and gazed at the long white ash with the air of a connoisseur.
Pickup, employed in a lawyer's office, terrified us all by the information that a gentleman related to our venerable connoisseur had seen the Rembrandt, had pronounced it to be an impudent counterfeit, and had engaged on his own account to have the picture tested in a court of law, and to charge the seller and maker thereof with conspiring to obtain money under false pretenses.
 
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