Connoisseur
[,kɒnə'sɜː] or [,kɑnə'sɝ]
Definition
(noun.) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts.
Typist: Nadine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
Checked by Annabelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Critic, critical judge, man of good taste (as distinguished from the dilettante, who merely pretends to good taste).
Inputed by Bella
Definition
n. one who knows a subject well; a critical judge in art music &c.—n. Connoisseur′ship the skill of a connoisseur.
Checker: Phyllis
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
Typed by Doreen
Examples
- Well hit, by Jove, says little Osborne, with the air of a connoisseur, clapping his man on the back. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am a connoisseur, said he, taking another cigarette from the box--his fourth--and lighting it from the stub of that which he had finished. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A connoisseur had selected them; they were genuine and valuable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Connoisseurs of to-day find it easy to know real Palissy ware. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Checker: Natalia