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connoisseur

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connoisseur

Person sufficiently equipped with knowledge and taste to make critical judgements about art. The term derives from the Italian conoscitore and in turn from the Latin cognoscere meaning ‘to get to know’.



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I knew a gentleman who prided himself all his life on being a connoisseur of Lafitte.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Dunster removed the cigar from his teeth and gazed at the long white ash with the air of a connoisseur.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Pickup, employed in a lawyer's office, terrified us all by the information that a gentleman related to our venerable connoisseur had seen the Rembrandt, had pronounced it to be an impudent counterfeit, and had engaged on his own account to have the picture tested in a court of law, and to charge the seller and maker thereof with conspiring to obtain money under false pretenses.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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