'Connoisseur' definitions:
Definition of 'connoisseur'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente]
Definition of 'Connoisseur'
From: GCIDE
- Connoisseur \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. [1913 Webster]
- The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'connoisseur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulator,
- adept,
- Admirable Crichton,
- aesthete,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- annotator,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- bill collector,
- bon vivant,
- buff,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- cognoscente,
- collection agent,
- collector,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connaisseur,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- dead shot,
- dilettante,
- diplomat,
- diplomatist,
- douanier,
- dunner,
- editor,
- elder statesman,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- exciseman,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- fan,
- farmer,
- faultfinder,
- freak,
- gatherer,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- graduate,
- handy man,
- journeyman,
- judge,
- literary critic,
- magpie,
- man of letters,
- marksman,
- maven,
- miser,
- muckraker,
- no slouch,
- nut,
- pack rat,
- politician,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- pundit,
- refined palate,
- reviewer,
- savant,
- scholar,
- scholiast,
- shark,
- sharp,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- specialist,
- statesman,
- tax collector,
- technical adviser,
- technical expert,
- technician,
- textual critic,
- virtuoso