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De - Pt| English Dictionary: connoisseur | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Connoisseur \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[8c]tre to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See {Know}, {amd 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. The connoisseur is [bd]one who knows,[b8] as opposed to the dilettant, who only [bd]thinks he knows.[b8] --Fairholt. | |
