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gour⋅mand

  [goor-mahnd, goor-muhnd]
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–noun
1. a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
2. a gourmet; epicure.
Also, gormand.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME gourmaunt < OF gormant a glutton

Related forms:
gour⋅mand⋅ism, noun
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gour·mand   (gŏŏr-mänd', gŏŏr'mənd)   
n.  
  1. A lover of good food.
  2. A gluttonous eater. See Usage Note at gourmet.

[Middle English gourmant, glutton, from Old French gormant.]
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Gourmand

Gour"mand\, n. [F.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

That great gourmand, fat Apicius --B. Jonson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : gourmand
Spanish: ventosa,
German: säugen, stillen,
Japanese: 吸枝
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gourmand 
1491, "glutton," from M.Fr. gourmant "glutton," originally an adj., "gluttonous," of uncertain origin. Not connected with gourmet. Meaning "one fond of good eating" is from 1758.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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