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connoisseur
[ kon-uh-sur, -soor ]
noun
- 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.
- a discerning judge of the best in any field:
a connoisseur of horses.
connoisseur
/ ˌkɒnɪˈsɜː /
noun
- a person with special knowledge or appreciation of a field, esp in the arts
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Derived Forms
- ˌconnoisˈseurship, noun
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Other Words From
- con·nois·seur·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of connoisseur1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of connoisseur1
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Example Sentences
Alcatraz had its birdman, and Greenhaven had one too; a real connoisseur.
Recently I had dinner with a friend who is affluent, educated, and a noted wine connoisseur.
My agent [Andrew Wylie] suggested calling the book “The Instant Connoisseur.”
Before his days as a cat meme connoisseur he was in a band The Lashes, which had record deals with Columbia and Lookout!
Instead, Costume Institute curators seem more wedded to surface appearance than any connoisseur of Old Master oils could be.
Ben Jonson loved the 'durne weed,' and describes its every accident with the gusto of a connoisseur.
They are all, however, marked by the stamp of genius, and give but little trouble to a well informed connoisseur.
I do not suppose that a connoisseur would call her beautiful, but she suggested health—health of body, of mind, of soul.
Mr. Spackles regarded Grandmother Penny and nodded with the air of a connoisseur.
Mr. Flick Wilder, the well-known art connoisseur, collects such things.
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