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mavin

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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.]
ma·vin   (mā'vən)   
n.  Variant of maven.
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Slang Dictionary
maven [ˈmevnæ]

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  1. n.
    an expert; a self-proclaimed expert. (From Hebrew mevin via Yiddish.) : A maven in the stock market you are not.
  2. in.
    to act as a maven (sense 1). : She's always mavening about something.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

maven 
1965, from Yiddish meyvn, from Heb. mebhin, lit. "one who understands." Plural is mayvinim.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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