connoisseur
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[edit] Etymology
Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌkɒnəˈsɜr/, /ˌkɒnəˈsʊər/
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia connoisseur (plural connoisseurs)
- A specialist of a given field whose opinion is valued; especially in one of the fine arts, or in a matter of taste
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
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specialist whose opinion is valued
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
connoisseur m. (plural connoisseurs)
- Obsolete spelling of connaisseur.