English Explanatory Dictionary

connaisseur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.

Word forms

connaisseur connaisseurs

Etymology

Either a borrowing of the French connaisseur (literally “knower, one who knows”) or an updating of the earlier borrowing, connoisseur, to bring it into line with modern French orthography.

Synonyms

connoisseur
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