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connoisseur

con·nois·seur [ kònnə súr ] (plural con·nois·seurs)


noun 
Definition:
 
expert: an expert in an area of the fine or domestic arts, or somebody with discriminating taste in such a specialty

[Early 18th century. < French< connoistre "know" < Latin cognoscere (see cognition)]

con·nois·seur·ship noun
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