Definition of connoisseur

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con·nois·seur    (kn-sûr, -sr) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.
2. A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Obsolete French, from Old French connoisseor, from connoistre, to know, from Latin cognscere, to learn, know ; see cognition

OTHER FORMS:
connois·seurship(Noun)