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Connoisseur

Connoisseur Definition And Meaning
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.

Connoisseur Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Connoisseur?

[n] an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Connoisseur: cognoscenti

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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