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connoisseur

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con⋅nois⋅seur

  [kon-uh-sur, -soor]
–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.
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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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con·nois·seur   (kŏn'ə-sûr', -sŏŏr')   
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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Word Origin & History

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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