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# A [[specialist]] in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the [[fine arts]] or in matters of [[taste]]
# A [[specialist]] in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the [[fine arts]] or in matters of [[taste]]
#* '''1883''', [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], ''[[w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island]]''
#* '''1883''', {{w|Robert Louis Stevenson}}, ''{{w|Treasure Island}}''
#*: This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a '''connoisseur''', lingering on the taste...[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/120/120-h/120-h.htm#link2H_4_0004]
#*: This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a '''connoisseur''', lingering on the taste...[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/120/120-h/120-h.htm#link2H_4_0004]



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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (to know)).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
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Noun

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connoisseur (plural connoisseurs)

  1. A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛ.sœʁ/ ~ /kɔ.ne.sœʁ/

Noun

connoisseur m (plural connoisseurs)

  1. Obsolete spelling of connaisseur.