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English Dictionary: Virtuosi by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virtuoso \Vir`tu*o"so\, n.; pl. {Virtuosos}; It. {Virtuosi}.
      [It. See {Virtuous}.]
      1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in
            antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer
            of curiosities, etc.
  
                     Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble
                     arts, and is a critic in them.            --Dryden.
  
      2. (Mus.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or
            the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a
            brilliant concert player.
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