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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·nois·seur       [kon-uh-sur, -soor] Pronunciation Key
–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]

—Related forms
con·nois·seur·ship, noun

—Synonyms critic, aesthete.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
con·nois·seur       (kŏn'ə-sûr', -sŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
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 cognōscere, to learn, know; see cognition.]

con'nois·seur'ship' n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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connoisseur

noun
an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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