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Connoisseur
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What's The Definition Of Connoisseur?
[n] an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
Synonyms | Synonyms for Connoisseur: cognoscenti Related Terms | Find terms related to Connoisseur: accumulator | adept | Admirable Crichton | aesthete | aficionado | amateur | annotator | arbiter | arbiter elegantiarum | arbiter of taste | artisan | artist | attache | authority | bill collector | bon vivant | buff | captious critic | carper | caviler | censor | censurer | cognoscente | collection agent | collector | commentator | commenter | connaisseur | consultant | cordon bleu | crack shot | craftsman | critic | criticaster | criticizer | critickin | criticule | dead shot | dilettante | diplomat | diplomatist | douanier | dunner | editor | elder statesman | epicure | epicurean | exciseman | experienced hand | expert | expert consultant | fan | farmer | faultfinder | freak | gatherer | good judge | gourmand | gourmet | graduate | handy man | journeyman | judge | literary critic | magpie | man of letters | marksman | maven | miser | muckraker | no slouch | nut | pack rat | politician | pro | professional | professor | proficient | pundit | refined palate | reviewer | savant | scholar | scholiast | shark | sharp | smellfungus | social critic | specialist | statesman | tax collector | technical adviser | technical expert | technician | textual critic | virtuoso See Also | aesthete | authority | esthete | oenophile | oenophilist | wine lover Connoisseur In Webster's Dictionary \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur,
formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L.
cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere,
gnoscere, to learn to know. See {Know}, {amd cf}.
{Cognizor}.]
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person;
a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine
arts.
The connoisseur is ``one who knows,'' as opposed to the
dilettant, who only ``thinks he knows.'' --Fairholt.
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