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[mey-vuh
n] 
–noun
| an expert or connoisseur. |
Also, mavin.
Origin:
1960–65; < Yiddish < Heb: connoisseur
1960–65; < Yiddish < Heb: connoisseur
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| ma·ven also ma·vin (mā'vən) n. A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert. [Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mēbîn, active participle of hēbîn, to understand, derived stem of bîn, to discern; see byn in Semitic roots.] |
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1965, from Yiddish meyvn, from Heb. mebhin, lit. "one who understands." Plural is mayvinim.
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