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ma⋅ven

  [mey-vuhn]
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–noun
an expert or connoisseur.
Also, mavin.

Origin:
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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