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con⋅nois⋅seur
[kon-uh-sur, -soo
r] 
–noun
| 1. | a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art. |
| 2. | a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses. |
Origin:
1705–15; < F; OF conoiseor < L cognōscitōr- (s. of cognōscitor) knower. See cognoscible, -tor
1705–15; < F; OF conoiseor < L cognōscitōr- (s. of cognōscitor) knower. See cognoscible, -tor
Related forms:
con⋅nois⋅seur⋅ship, noun
Synonyms:
critic, aesthete.
critic, aesthete.
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| con·nois·seur (kŏn'ə-sûr', -sŏŏr') n.
[Obsolete French, from Old French connoisseor, from connoistre, to know, from Latin cognōscere, to learn, know; see cognition.] con'nois·seur'ship' n. |
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Connoisseur
Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." --Fairholt.
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Language Translation for : Connoisseur
Spanish:
entendido, conocedor,
German:
der Kenner,
Japanese:
鑑定家
connoisseur
1714, from Fr., from O.Fr. conoisseor "a judge, one well-versed," from conoistre, from L. cognoscere "to know," from com- "with" + gnoscere "recognize" (see notice).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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